Opinion
Preschool indoctrination and other outrageous stories
More depressing dispatches from the land of woke prosecutors.
Opinion
Some Reforms Have Broad Support
Most Democrats in the legislature aren’t going to vote for broader school choice anytime soon, while most Republicans aren’t going to vote for universal preschool.
Opinion
They Don’t Want to Know
Rare is the politician who will, after passionately advocating the creation of a pet program, turn around and radically reform or eliminate the program after an evaluation questions its effectiveness.
Opinion
And the Children Shall Lead
It turns out to be exceedingly difficult to transform a few promising preschool experiments into major statewide programs involving tens of thousands of people.
News
More at Four Match Worries Some
RALEIGH — Supporters of Gov. Mike Easley’s More at Four pre-kindergarten program, designed especially for “at risk” children, say it is working and praised the $9.1 million boost in funds in this year’s state budget. Although state funding is providing for the program in all 100 counties of the state, it doesn’t take into account that More at Four requires, penny for penny, matched or blended funds in order to exist. Jones County is one of the more vulnerable communities where officials cringe at the thought of helping to fund another government-mandated program. “The state makes these rules and then mandates that we pay for it,” a Jones County commissioner said.
Opinion
Smart Start Strikes Again
North Carolina’s most cleverly named social program has again proven its PR skills with a new report claiming educational benefits that, on closer inspection, prove far less than advertised.
