Education stakeholders have long puzzled over how to implement the standards laid out in the decades-old Leandro case. A couple of groups are forming ideas to ensure the state lives up to the standards, but the range of conflicting voices involved may complicate the issue. Plus, any recommendations requiring money would have to get lawmakers’...
While initial rulings in the Leandro case had nothing directly to do with charter schools, recent discussions are bringing the traditional public school alternative into the conversation. Terry Stoops is vice president of research and director of education studies at the John Locke Foundation. Stoops says charter school leaders should know it’s possible that charter...
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.
The N.C. Supreme Court on Monday heard another round of arguments over school funding — this time whether county commissioners or General Assembly lawmakers are responsible for guaranteeing sufficient spending. In Silver et al. v. Halifax County Board of Commissioners, students and their families hold the county commissioners responsible for unequal funding among the various...
Superior Court Judge David Lee has rejected the State Board of Education’s request to be removed as a defendant in the long-standing Leandro case. The Leandro case started in 1994 when five rural school districts sued the state, arguing they couldn’t raise enough tax revenue to provide a quality education, while their wealthier neighbors could....
The landmark Leandro case may be short one defendant if a Superior Court judge grants the State Board of Education’s motion to withdraw from the case. Judge David Lee heard arguments Feb. 15 over the state board’s motion to withdraw from the longstanding educational lawsuit. If Lee goes along, the state would be the only...
Dr.Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, discusses the potential resolution of North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
After two decades, the parties involved in the landmark Leandro v. North Carolina lawsuit have filed a joint court motion asking an independent consultant to help enforce a state Supreme Court order guaranteeing a quality education to every North Carolina student. Alongside that move, Gov. Roy Cooper set up a state commission to make its...
It's time to move on from Leandro, to debate real policy choices that might expand educational opportunity without worsening the state's already weakening economy with yet another tax increase.
