Teachers and parents, we have a trust problem. Just 36 percent of public school teachers express “complete” or “a lot of” trust in parents, EdChoice’s new “Schooling in America Survey” says. What’s eroding trust? One likely culprit: Parental expectations are sky-high. Harried millennial parents want schools to teach skills once considered part…
To the extent Democrats cede both right and center to Republicans when it comes to economics, they are making a long-term bet that the public wants vastly more government and vastly more taxes to pay for it.
Of the more than a hundred studies published since 1990 that tested the relationship between advanced degrees and teacher effectiveness, more than 80 percent found no link.
Cases involving school funding and the governor's appointments remind us that the state's highest court does not always toe a party line.
Neither Democrats nor Republicans in Washington seems to have the courage of their purported convictions, and few have offered anything approaching a viable plan for balancing the budget.
If activists can’t find the votes to jack up green taxes enough to matter in places such as Washington and France, you can be sure they will fall short in North Carolina.
Was Apple’s choice of Austin, Texas, over the Research Triangle for its new, $1 billion campus a win or a loss for North Carolina? The answer isn’t as obvious as local boosters would have you believe. Sure, the sudden infusion of capital investment and (eventually) high-paying, high-skilled jobs would…
Question 1: When are special interest subsidies not special interest subsidies? Answer: When the special interests hire consultants to do an economic impact study. Question 2: How often do economic impact studies show that the special interest subsidy will be good for the economy? Answer: Always. Economic impact studies have…
There has always been an ardently protectionist faction in our politics, an equally committed free-trade faction, and a “malleable middle.”…
Unlike their traditional district school counterparts, charter schools close their doors when they fail to perform.
