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Category: School choice
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Strongest argument for school choice expansion is collapse of civics, not COVID
If parents want to send their child or children to a school that will champion and not scoff at America’s founding principles, there is no legitimate reason a bureaucratic system should halt it.
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Competing schools serve families well
When public schools must compete to attract and retain students, their offerings generally get better, as do the outcomes for their students.
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Parents find learning pods could help students struggling with online learning
Just after Natalie Jacome launched a new clinic, the pandemic hit. Jacome found herself saddled with two leases and scrambling to educate her fourth-grade daughter. As a single mother, she couldn’t stop working, and she couldn’t gamble on another stalled school reopening. But as Jacome logged…
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Reversing learning losses from remote classes a legislative priority
It might be a new year, but remote learning isn’t over. As the legislature enters a new session, students are leaving the classroom. Learning is back online in many of the state’s major districts. Learning loss is reaching historic highs, and lawmakers must make sure students aren’t…
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JLF’s Terry Stoops analyzes new N.C. Superintendent Catherine Truitt’s priorities
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses the priority list for new N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses N.C. chief justice’s potential impact on redistricting, school choice
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, explains how the outcome of the N.C. Supreme Court chief justice’s election could affect electoral redistricting and school choice. Kokai offered these comments for Nov. 13, 2020, reports on WNCN (CBS 17).
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Republican Council of State majority will make policy impacts
Republicans can take a breath, even if their signature red is mixed with myriad shades of blue. They keep control of the N.C. Council of State, 6-4, albeit with narrow margins in all the races. The results remain unofficial. Elections officials are dealing with 41,000 provisional…
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In North Carolina, bad ideas have electoral consequences
In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public. That lesson was taught to devastating effect on Election Day in North Carolina. On the night of Nov. 3, Democrats were poised for what many believed to be a blue…
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Republican leaders celebrate wins but say there’s a lot to do
Republicans celebrated wins in North Carolina while remaining focused on future priorities, especially redistricting, school choice, and economic revival. Party leaders shared their thoughts and plans during a news conference at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, Wed., Nov. 4. November’s election continued a decade…