The data shows that many students in NC are simply not prepared to compete in top STEM fields after graduation, let alone to read at grade level.
Students should have objective and comprehensive facts presented to them about important issues and then come to a conclusion after applying their own critical thinking.
A decision shaking up the 30-year-old legal dispute could open the conversation about reforming North Carolina's education finances.
I have strong opinions about education policy in North Carolina and beyond. Maybe you’ve noticed! I’ve also been researching and writing about the subject for a very long time. During my first stint as a newspaper reporter in 1986, I covered raucous debates about a potential merger of school districts in Nash County, Edgecombe County,...
Like much of the nation, North Carolina has a civics and history crisis. Yet, it may be even worse than thought in North Carolina after a Fordham Institute study gave the state a “D-” grade for civics and an “F” for history. Even more troubling for many educators and curriculum designers across the state is...
The political left wishes to discredit concerns over critical race theory (CRT) being taught in our schools by adverting it is nothing more than “political theater.” Unfortunately, their criticism is misplaced. The reality is that some North Carolina schools are actively pushing CRT doctrines, albeit not calling it by the name. This article will reveal...
The good news is that North Carolina institutions aren’t just producing good ideas about how to improve school leadership. They’re on the ground implementing them.
North Carolina ranks 12th in the quality of its elementary and secondary schools, and 6th in the nation in the efficiency of the dollars it spends on education.
If we want to have a meaningful conversation about education, we must at least try to isolate the effects of schooling from the effects of other influences on student achievement.
Living in Mebane is less expensive than living in Manhattan — so if you don’t properly account for these kinds of disparities, any nationwide comparison of school spending is utterly useless.
The pause in North Carolina’s educational progress evident by the early 2000s is difficult to attribute to any particular policy change.
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