The fact that North Carolina is significantly above average when it comes to the estimated effectiveness of schools ought to serve as a helpful corrective to the hyperbole that so often pervades political debates about education policy.
An Alabama congressman was the only voice in a recent hearing questioning North Carolina's use of federal disaster relief dollars.
Repairing roads damaged by hurricanes and paying property owners harmed by the Map Act have been costly, but they do not fully explain the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s cash crunch.
Recently I asked my 14-year-old son to identify the biggest problem at the public school he attends in Wake County. He didn’t hesitate to answer. “People who pay with cash or check in the lunch line,” he said. He explained that it takes longer for…
The Democratic party’s most radically progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have promised to impose a tax on wealth. To be clear, wealth is distinct from income. Wealth is accumulated income in the form of savings and investments and real assets such as real estate, antique or art collections,…
Both political camps have to be willing to accept redistricting reform that doesn’t maximize their partisan interests but at least reduces their downside risk while giving voters more intelligible and competitive electoral districts.
Two national experts at a recent Raleigh summit praised state efforts to clean up the criminal code.
Measured properly, average compensation per hour rose 81 percent from 1973 to 2017, after adjusting for inflation, while productivity rose by 83 percent — not a significant difference.
The N.C. Department of Transportation has a cash shortfall. But not for the reasons department officials are giving. They had a deliberate policy to spend cash with little regard for normal safeguards. The House Transportation Committee recommended a bill to provide $660 million in emergency funding so the department…
To understand the educational zeitgeist of voters, start here: Most want choice and change. Republican or Democrat? Gen Xer or millennial? It doesn’t matter much. Views on initiatives or implementation may differ, but conceptually, school choice garners broad bipartisan support. It’s time to push past political polarization…
