Lawmakers in the House are working to give the Senate some options for changing how school performance grades are calculated, including one change that would split the single performance grade into two separate grades for achievement and growth. The House K-12 Education Committee approved a…
The stack of bills from N.C. lawmakers looking to reform and modernize the state’s 80-year-old liquor laws is growing. In the Senate, lawmakers filed Senate Bill 290 on Monday, March 18. A companion bill, House Bill 378, came Tuesday morning. The measures would…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has put a price tag on his plan to make North Carolina the best place for public school educators to begin, learn, and teach by 2030. Johnson announced #NC2030, his education initiative to improve learning and…
Most of us think about goods and services when we think about markets. But Salim Furth, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, applies the economic term “markets” to neighborhoods. Furth shared the results of his work Monday during a presentation for the John Locke Foundation’s…
North Carolinians have the right to purchase, use, enjoy, and dispose of their property as they see fit — and this sphere of private ownership and control very much includes housing.
A collection of House Republicans on Thursday, Feb. 28, introduced House Bill 241, which would place a $1.9-billion school construction bond on the March 2020 primary ballot. Of that money, $1.5 billion would go to public schools. Community colleges would get…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has a brand new plan to make North Carolina the best state in which to learn and to teach by 2030. He unveiled the #NC2030 plan Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Innovation and Leadership program, an…
Nonpartisan legislative staff have prepared a draft bill based on a recommendations from a report by the N.C. Program Evaluation Committee. The bill would make several changes in the ways the state regulates liquor consumption and sales. PED staff presented the report —…
Editor’s note: This story was updated 2:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11 Changing how North Carolina regulates liquor sales would require major adjustments, the state’s Program Evaluation Division says in its latest report. But big changes are possible, should…
A new bipartisan bill would restore master’s degree and doctoral pay for some public school teachers in the state. In 2013, lawmakers cut that extra pay, but Senate Bill 28 would restore master’s pay to teachers who obtain a degree…
