Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online reaction to a recent N.C. Court of Appeals ruling on teacher tenure in North Carolina. John Hood’s Daily Journal examines the benefits and…
Teacher tenure reform
Education
Split N.C. Court of Appeals upholds trial court ruling to preserve teacher tenure
A split panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed this morning a trial court ruling preserving career status, or tenure, for N.C. public school teachers. But the ruling…
Education
TIME cover story touches a nerve
While members of the education establishment have blasted TIME magazine’s recent cover story on the fight over teacher tenure, reformers like former television news anchor Campbell Brown offer a different…
Liberty
War on women, you say?
Kirsten Powers documents for USA Today readers an ideological attack that puts leftist rhetoric about a Republican “war on women” in proper perspective. The “war on women” isn’t just for…
Education
NY lawsuit challenges teacher tenure
Former CNN and NBC television news anchor Campbell Brown continues her push to improve public education by targeting teacher tenure. Blake Neff of The Daily Caller reports. A new lawsuit…
Liberty
Electoral news, plastic bags, tax votes, and other CJ items
In addition to his regular “On The Trail” electoral update for Curtis Media Group’s syndicated “People In Politics” radio program, Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson joined host Donna Martinez…
Liberty
State budget debate, teacher tenure issues, and other items of interest
North Carolina legislators continue to haggle over a final 2014-15 state budget plan, and John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray discussed the latest developments in budget negotiations…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Still no agreement on a budget in North Carolina
View in your browser. The budget is still under debate at the General Assembly, and an exciting debate it has become. This week the House did not hold votes during…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Teacher pay, tenure plans still divide legislators
State legislative leaders appear to have agreed on a plan to fund Medicaid next year, which is a major step toward approving their adjustments to the biennial budget. Now the…
Liberty
The State’s Most Powerful Special Interest Group
Today I weigh in on the debate over teacher tenure and the status of North Carolina public school teachers — the state’s most powerful special interest group. After years of…
Education
Why does North Carolina need to end teacher tenure?
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute offers a good answer in a National Review Online column. Desperate times demand desperate measures. And so I propose an education-reform plan that…
Education
Judge: California teacher tenure laws are unconstitutional
A California Superior Court judge ruled that the state’s teacher tenure law is unconstitutional. Judge Rolf M. Treu’s ruling in In Vergara v. California is pretty powerful, Distilled to its…