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North Carolina is starting to progress toward statewide K–12 open enrollment, a type of school choice that lets parents choose any traditional public school with open seats in lieu of…
A national report which saw big drops in teacher union membership and strength in North Carolina has raised some interesting responses from local media outlets in the Tar Heel State.…
How do voucher programs impact district achievement, segregation, or district per pupil expenditures? These are questions that have dogged voucher programs for a long, long time. Yesterday the Thomas B.…
Between 2019 and 2022, female students generally recorded larger drops in proficiency rates than their male counterparts. Across all subjects and grades, only 30.5% of Black male students reached grade-level…
Daniel Buck writes for National Review Online about major gaps in public school students’ education. So Tom Hanks didn’t know what the Tulsa Race Massacre was, and we’re told that…
It is hard to ignore the slap down the Fordham Institute gave to North Carolina’s civics and government and newly minted history standards. A recent article by my colleague…
A majority of State Board of Education members approved the controversial K-12 social studies standards in February 2021. A new report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute awarded North Carolina’s…
In his new report, “Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances,” Rutgers University professor Mark Weber finds that the presence of charter schools does not drain resources from their…
The Program Evaluation Division (PED) of the NC General Assembly just published “Lack of a Dedicated State-Level Effort Challenges North Carolina’s Capacity to Increase Teacher Diversity,” a report detailing the…
Introduction Public-sector unions are central to some of the most contentious public policy issues in contemporary America. Do unions improve or impair the political process and elections? Do police unions…
On March 23, Gov. Cooper signed Executive Order 120, which closed K-12 public school statewide through May 15. If conditions do not improve significantly in April, Cooper may decide to close public…
In a recent Fordham Institute study, Seth Gershenson of American University examined Algebra I grades and test scores from North Carolina public school students to determine if tougher grading standards…