The judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case could issue an order as early as three weeks compelling the General Assembly to fully fund a court-ordered plan drawn up by California-based consultants. The news came during a hearing on Monday, Oct. 18. Superior Court Judge David Lee…
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the U.S. Justice Department’s plan to investigate alleged threats against local school boards. King offered these comments during the Oct. 15, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, assesses North Carolina’s school bus driver shortages. Learn more here: “The bus driver problem: Does it have to be this difficult?”…
Every year, private schools across the nation commence for graduation ceremonies. Yet, if many of today’s progressive educators are to be believed, the ceremony they participate in ought to be abolished or sent underground. They wish for public schools to be the primary—and in some activists’ view,…
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the recent publicity surrounding angry parents at local school board meetings. Learn more here: “Why are parents so angry?” and “The government comes for parents.”…
The N.C. Task Force for Safer Schools is finalizing a statement chiding parents for strongly voicing their views and at times disrupting recent school board meetings. The disruptions have come from parents — across the state and nation — concerned about school policies on everything from…
Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses her MI report on accountability in private-school choice. Learn more here: “Accountability and private-school choice.”…
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the Leandro school funding lawsuit’s impact on the N.C. budget. Learn more here: “Cooper must decide if the Leandro plan is a state budget deal-breaker.”…
A new national poll from the pro-school choice organization the American Federation for Children shows most voters dislike politicians who deny school choice to other families while practicing it for their own. The poll of more than 2,000 registered voters found that 62%…
Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, responds to a mainstream media attack against North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Learn more here: “Editors’ feeble complaints against the Opportunity Scholarship Program say more about them than the vouchers.”…
