News
House committee weighs raising pay for school principals
Principals advocate for a revised plan for school principal compensation.
News
Truitt introduces plan to overhaul school grading system
NCDPI Superintendent Truitt delivered a plan for overhauling the state's school accountability system to lawmakers Monday.
Video
Carolina Journal’s Donna King analyzes the Leandro case and NC school funding
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses North Carolina’s Leandro education funding lawsuit and reforming the state’s system of paying for students’ education needs. King offered these comments during the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Opinion
Evil geniuses or inept bunglers? Reforming education requires clearheaded assessment
A new book argues that Marxists have taken over American public schools. An education reformer doubts anyone could take them over.
Opinion
Public debate suffers when media caricature conservatives’ concerns
It's hard for the public to make fair assessments of conservative education reforms when all they read and hear is misguided spin.
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Locke’s Terry Stoops reacts to N.C. teacher working conditions survey
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the latest N.C. teacher working conditions survey. Stoops offered these comments during the June 2, 2022, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
Opinion
Popular ed school fads fail students who need help the most
Popular education school theories fail students who need the most help.
News
Plan to implement Innovative School District moves forward
In September, North Carolinians will know which low-performing elementary schools will be considered for the Innovative School District in 2018 and be turned over to charter school operators. Formerly known as the Achievement School District, the Innovative School District was brought about last year by House Bill 1080, from Rep. Rob Bryan, R-Mecklenburg. It wasn’t until March of this year that the North Carolina State Board of Education hired Eric Hall, the...
Opinion
Subject mastery produces best teaching
Paying teachers to get degrees produced a steady stream of revenue to education schools, even as it produced no detectable improvement in student learning.
Opinion
School Reform Is Good Economics
If North Carolina raised all of our students to at least a “basic” level of competence in reading and math, a new study shows our economy would be nearly $800 billion larger by the end of the century.
Podcast
Empirical Evidence Supports N.C. Education Reforms
Terry Stoops on N.C. education reforms; lawmakers discuss patent trolls; Democrats complain about Senate's education plan & the GOP responds; Marc Levin explains support for a change in juvenile justice law; Roy Cordato on principles of economic reform
Podcast
The Obamacare Threat To New and Existing Jobs
John Hood on ObamaCare's likely impact on hiring; Cindy Avrette & Bob Rucho on income tax reform; Craig Horn on education innovation; legislators react to John Smith's comments about N.C. court budgets; and JLF's Terry Stoops on growth of charter schools
