If we want to have a meaningful conversation about education, we must at least try to isolate the effects of schooling from the effects of other influences on student achievement.
Critics of North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly like to quote the words “almost surgical precision.” It’s unfortunate that those critics wield the phrase with such sloppiness that they obscure its original meaning. We’re likely to hear the quotation repeatedly between now and November. Thus it’s useful to look back at recent N.C. political history for...
The wisest course is to craft political institutions and make procedural rules as if you don’t know which party will be on top in the future — because you really don't.
Funding core services and continuing to reform the income tax are laudable goals. But for now, let’s broaden and lower sales taxes at the same time.
The July 4 holiday has always provided Americans a welcomed pause for rest, reflection, celebration, and renewal. Never more so than in 2018. Less than two years ago, we endured one of the bitterest, most divisive elections in our history. Partisan rancor has now reached an unparalleled level and shows no sign of diminishing. Public trust...
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