Carolina Rebound
Budget, Taxation, and the Economy Introduction North Carolina’s strong fiscal position at the start of the COVID-19 crisis was a combination of planning and providence. Since 2011, the Republican-led General…
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Education
Virtue signaling versus real reform in education
Jay Greene and Frederick Hess write at National Review Online about recent missteps in public education reform. Last week, the education-reform movement was given reason to despair when the release…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Lifting the Veil Between Poverty and Mobility
“Human advancement is not a mere question of almsgiving, but rather of sympathy and cooperation among classes who would scorn charity,” writes W.E.B. DuBois in The Souls of Black Folk. Three…
Research Brief
Education
Draft Teacher Turnover Report Shows Improvement
The N.C. State Board of Education just posted the draft 2015-16 “State of the Teaching Profession Report.” The report, previously and incorrectly titled “Annual Report on Teachers Leaving the Profession,”…
Education
Like it or not, North Carolina is full of Yankee teachers
View in your browser. Welcome I admit it. My wife is a Yankee social studies teacher who has taught in the North Carolina public schools for nine years. Sorry. She’s…
Education
Fewer college students choosing education nationwide
View in your browser. Welcome Fewer students are enrolled in teacher education programs in North Carolina and in nearly every other state in the nation. What is driving this nationwide…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More evidence of TFA success
A new study by Mathematica Policy Research examined the performance of Teach for America (TFA) teachers in grades K-5. This independent evaluation showed, once again, that TFA teachers outperform their…
Education
N.C. DPI reports slight dip in statewide teacher turnover rate
View in your browser. Welcome The Annual Report on Teachers Leaving the Profession is here! The documents for next week’s N.C. State Board of Education meeting have been posted and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Mathematica: TFA teachers effective, Teaching Fellows average
Mathematica Policy Research and the U.S. Department of Education conducted a study of Teach for America (TFA) and Teaching Fellows programs. They released study results today. In “The Effectiveness of…
Education
Budget deal incorporates much-needed N.C. tax, education reforms
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Lawmakers are considering a $20.6 billion General Fund budget deal that incorporates tax…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Budget Items you might have Missed
Here are some of the more interesting items in the budget that might not be reported on in the media: Education Creates an Opportunity Scholarship (vouchers) for low income students…
Liberty
New Friends in the Fight
Just putting a plug in for a new Triangle organization called ICON, as in “Issues Confronting Our Nation.” It was founded by several women from the Durham area in the…