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State Supreme Court still weighing Gaston schools’ SAFE Child Act appeal

North Carolina’s highest court has made no final decision about taking up the Gaston County school board’s appeal of a ruling upholding the SAFE Child Act as constitutional. The court dismissed three of four pending appeals Wednesday. A fourth appeal remains active.

CJ Staff
Opinion

Wrong, Mr. Stephens. I do not overlook exceptional students, like my own

In response to a recent Carolina Journal opinion piece written by Glen Stephens, who acknowledges the poor record of North Carolina’s services to its academically and physically challenged students, let me say, I share your frustration. I have a child with developmental and academic challenges. Public schools could not accommodate my child’s unique learning needs,...

Michele Morrow
News

Private schools drop appeal in Opportunity Scholarships case

Sixteen private schools in Cumberland and Durham counties have withdrawn their appeal of trial court rulings in a now-dismissed lawsuit that targeted North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Among the challenged rulings was one that blocked the schools from seeking more than $25,000 in sanctions against scholarship critics. A court document filed Monday mentions a settlement agreement.

CJ Staff
Opinion

Students with disabilities forgotten in extreme political battles

According to North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 2022-2023 assessment data, there is not a single assessed subject in which even 40% of North Carolina’s students with disabilities scored “Grade Level Proficient” or above. Stated another way, in 2022-2023, 84.3% of North Carolina’s students with disabilities could not read proficiently in grades 3 through 8,...

Glen Stephens

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Opinion

Wake County should take notes on school safety from rural neighbors in Johnston

All one needs to do is turn on the news, and you will hear and see criminals running amuck without worrying about being arrested. Remember the “Defund the Police” movement? Well, we see how that turned out. The only “good” thing that came out of that is it showed, and proved, we need more law...

William Allen
Opinion

Intellectual diversity missing at top NC law schools

Derek T. Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor, recently published research on his personal site showing the political contributions of his fellow law professors at major American law schools. What he found is not surprising, but it is fairly disheartening to those who hold traditional American beliefs on things like freedom of speech, limited...

David Larson
Opinion

How will Opportunity Scholarship boom affect NC charter schools?

According to the National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF), more Americans googled “school choice” during National School Choice Week in January 2023 than during any other time over the prior six years. This should come as no surprise to North Carolinians. Since January 2023, our state legislature has made major expansion possible in both charter...

Rhonda Dillingham