Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation communications director, questions a plan to spend as much as $40 million for new handheld devices that help public school teachers track students’ academic progress. Kokai offered these comments for a June 18, 2010, report on News 14 Carolina.
Sparks fly as NC Senate committee OKs bill to fund waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships
The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for the estimated 54,800 applicants on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.