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Flexibility, adaptability, and no toilets in the living room
A national school finance expert offers N.C. lawmakers ideas for improving the state's education funding formula.
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Another one getting away?
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Parents count when judging schools
Studies of charter-school performance conducted years ago aren’t as informative as recent studies, which reflect a more mature sector with consistent high-performers that have replicated themselves.
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Round up the usual suspects
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Parties differ on government’s scope
All four GOP groups say they want smaller government, by at least a 22-point margin, while all four Democratic groups say they want larger government, by at least a 21-point margin.
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A Thanksgiving Day menu
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Complacency puts N.C. charter school movement at risk
Since the election of Republican legislative majorities in 2010, charter schools have enjoyed a winning streak of pro-charter legislation and policy. Those victories included the removal of the 100-school cap, more generous allowances for grade and enrollment expansion, and a much-improved charter application and approval process. While a handful of their concerns have not been...
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Revisionist history
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Carolina tax reform sets pace
The government sector in North Carolina grew slower than the national average from 2013 to 2016 while North Carolina’s private-sector economy grew faster than the national average.
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N.C. Certificate of Need laws continue causing pain
In yesterday’s Daily Journal, I wrote about Certificate of Need laws. The issue moved from the theoretical to the concrete for me as I spent the past week nursing my husband through a pretty painful kidney stone and associated blockage. Every few hours, I administered more opioids. He missed a lot of work. It’s been...
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Sober(?) questioning
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