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.
Encouraging or normalizing conduct that violates existing law is neither principled advocacy nor sound public policy. It places students in disputes that should be resolved by grown-ups through lawful channels.
John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson discusses current ideas for raising teacher pay in North Carolina. Bryson offered these comments during the April 10, 2026, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Many North Carolina voters believe $13,100 is too little to spend on the average public school student. A plurality think teachers should be paid more regardless of the impact on student achievement.
The entire request would total over $1 billion, but Briner pointed out that the projected increase for the entire state budget is only $100 million.
Interpreting the statute to allow work stoppages whenever demands are framed as legislative rather than managerial would create a loophole that swallows the rule.
The overwhelming consensus is that states and localities that subsidize ballparks and arenas do not derive enough economic return to justify the cost.
There was a small but notable improvement in teacher attrition rates within public school districts during the 2023-24 academic year, according to new data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The latest “State of the Teaching Profession” report, which was presented to the State Board of Education on April 2, shows the teacher attrition rate...
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein gave his first State of the State address before the General Assembly Wednesday night expanding on many of the same points in his inauguration speech, adding calls for a $4 billion school bond and free community college.
The empirical evidence is overwhelming: teachers with graduate degrees are not more effective than teachers without graduate degrees.
During the just-ended 2024 election campaign, candidates for offices such as governor, legislature, county commission, and state superintendent of public instruction talked a lot about raising the pay of public schoolteachers in our state — as well they should have. Even after adjusting for living costs, for example, the average first-year teacher makes nearly $1,000...
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