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A Virginia socialite who had recently divorced a federal judge was arrested after allegedly negotiating with an undercover FBI agent to molest an eight-year-old girl and discussing “taboo parenting,” court records show.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Policy choices in response to the pandemic increased parental demand for more educational options
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas Poll finds plenty of good news for school choice advocates
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling favoring Durham Public Schools. The case involved one student's complaint about special-needs services.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2022 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District Republican candidate, Army special forces veteran Christian Castelli, claims the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Kathy Manning, is making false statements about him, and he’s just filed a cease-and-desist letter to make it stop.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the 2021 state budget, lawmakers combined the state's two school-choice grants for special needs students into one program.
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 @ 11:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Glen and Emily Stephens experienced the tragedy of a lifetime in 2012 when their 6-year-old son, Gabriel, died of complications from the flu.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mental health experts who are also parents with students in Wake County Public Schools are sounding an alarm over a rising mental health crisis due to a lack of full-time classroom instruction.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This weekend, the Chicago Teachers Union tweeted that efforts to reopen schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.”
Published: Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 @ 3:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper owns this. He owns the coronavirus response and everything that will follow.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 7:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday night, Jennifer Clapton stood in a brightly lit bowling alley, watching her autistic, 22-year-old son laugh.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Actor Danny Trejo is best known as a villain in numerous movies and TV shows, but in real life, the 75-year-old is much different than his onscreen persona.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 @ 11:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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When it comes to giving parents more control over where their children attend elementary and secondary school, North Carolina has become a national leader
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators don’t support public education
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last Thursday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation to significantly expand the state’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Account program
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 8:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Stories about the value of school choice and the healthy competition it nurtures are ubiquitous yet salient
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2017 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The election of Donald Trump and the drama surrounding North Carolina's gubernatorial race have overshadowed down-ballot, comparatively low-profile Council of State contests
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 3:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Julian Bloom was 18 months old, doctors diagnosed him with autism and said he had a severe sensory and auditory processing disorder.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interact with undergraduate and doctoral students at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs says the county has a duty to help Americans lose weight and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so he wants to preserve a drive-thru business window ban
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While teacher pay raises headlined education issues during North Carolina's 2016-17 legislative session, several other key policy changes were packed into the K-12 agenda, including measures that will provide performance-based bonuses for top educators across the state
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2016 legislative short session begins April 25. While continued uncertainty over congressional (and even legislative) district maps could cut into the General Assembly's calendar, there are a number of moves our elected officials could make this year to highlight economic growth
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 1:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2016 legislative short session begins April 25. While continued uncertainty over congressional (and even legislative) district maps could cut into the General Assembly's calendar, there are a number of moves our elected officials could make this year to highlight economic growth
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 8:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina nears the 20th anniversary of the law that opened the door to public charter schools in the state, 82,000 students are enrolled now in charter schools
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Almost exactly 15 years ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS."
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Building on transformational reforms begun in 2011, North Carolina's elected leaders continued changes in 2015 to curtail spending, instill fiscal responsibility, rein in regulations, improve education, make government open and accountable, and create the best possible conditions for economic growth
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers created "a pretty good fix" to a growing concern that school districts were bypassing the intent of a state law granting educational vouchers to disabled students to attend private schools, said House Budget Committee Vice Chairman Rep. Rob Bryan.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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