Opinion
Exaggeration won’t stop school choice
It would be exceedingly odd if K-12 education were so different from other large-scale enterprises that standard rules of human behavior didn’t apply to it.
Opinion
Hunt Got It Wrong
Whatever you think of the virtues of Smart Start and the Excellent Schools Act, you cannot argue that they increased the rate of educational improvement in North Carolina.
News
Redistricting, DWI Arrest Throw Uncertainty Over House District 63 Race
BURLINGTON — The race to fill the open seat in state House District 63 is being waged by a pair of veteran municipal officials, one viewed in some quarters as an establishment Republican, the other a Democrat with some conservative notions. The district had a Democratic lean before redistricting.
Opinion
Hackney Lets It Slip
Neither Joe Hackney nor any other Democratic lawmaker I know argues that North Carolina should deliver preschool services solely through a system of state-owned facilities.
Opinion
Still Don’t Want to Know
If North Carolina lawmakers had listened to advice before, they would not have squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on a pointless exercise.
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.
Opinion
Testing The Progress Claim
Bringing the budget into line with reality doesn’t mean losing years of “progress” – because the spending binge of the past 15 years never accomplished what its proponents promised.
Opinion
A Twin-Deficits Problem
Hunt and Easley presided over North Carolina state government at different times, and they brought different personalities to the job.
Opinion
Don’t Just Stop At The Top
It makes sense to restructure leadership of North Carolina's public education agencies. While lawmakers are considering changes, they also could dig a little deeper for cost-saving improvements.
Opinion
N.C.’s Bloated Budget: Politicians Play a Shell Game
North Carolina's new state budget gets most policies wrong, commits government resources in the wrong places, and raises state debt to dangerous levels.
Opinion
North Carolina, The Laughingstock
The Raleigh establishment should face facts: North Carolina has little to teach the rest of the country about enacting good education policy. South Carolina does.
