Opinion
2 studies could put NC students at center of public education
Taken together, the studies ask whether NC can organize public education more transparently around students rather than funding categories and attendance lines.
News
Education leaders highlight open enrollment for NC public schools
North Carolina ranks last in the United States for public school open enrollment despite majority support in recent polling. This week, several educators and John Locke Foundation staff presented in downtown Raleigh on open enrollment initiatives in the state. Open enrollment is a school choice policy that allows families to apply for their students to...
News
NC Senate revives open-enrollment study
A North Carolina Senate committee advanced Sen. Michael Lee's sweeping K-12 bill after amending it to study open enrollment. The same amendment also mandates weekly "released time" for off-campus religious instruction.
Opinion
Expand choice among public schools
For all the satisfied smiles among school-choice supporters, and the gnashing of teeth among its opponents, North Carolina is not one of the top-ranked states for educational freedom. That’s how the American Legislative Exchange Council sees it, anyway. Its latest Index of State Education Freedom, published in January, gave the Tar Heel State a B+....
News
NC lags other states in public school open enrollment policies
North Carolina ranks last among the 50 states in public school open enrollment policies, according to a Reason Foundation analysis, even while new research shows that these programs are reshaping the educational choice landscape in other states.
Opinion
Open enrollment: a win for parents and public schools
Open enrollment is one of many ways district schools can become more competitive and stand out in the busy marketplace of K-12 options.
Opinion
People of means have always had school choice
We've always had educational choice for those of means. All the school-choice movement is trying to do is provide those same choices to those who haven't traditionally had them.
Opinion
NC can honor Brown v. Board legacy by ending exclusionary school district lines
Friday marked 70 years since the US Supreme Court declared that government-enforced separate public schools for students of different races was unconstitutional in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Yet our public school enrollment boundaries today are often a near-mirror of the redlined housing maps going back to the 1930s and 1940s —...
News
New Study Shows Gains from Choice
RALEIGH — Most North Carolinians would say they continue to enjoy a large amount of personal freedom. But North Carolina is only a ‘partly free state,’ according to education researcher Dr. Jay Greene. His latest study placed North Carolina 27th in the nation. This middle-of-the-pack slot is an improvement over the 38th place the state held in 2000. States scoring high in educational freedom also tend to do well on standardized tests.
