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Next week, the NC State Board of Education will discuss and likely approve the draft Consolidated Data Report for the 2014-15 school year. The report includes data on school crime and violence, suspensions, expulsions, corporal punishment, reassignments for disciplinary reasons, alternative...
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to most economic indicators, North Carolina's economy is on the upswing. Job growth exceeds the regional and national averages. The state's recent decline in unemployment - even when you include discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labor force - is one of the largest in the...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"We must raise the minimum wage." That is one mantra emanating from progressives across the country and here in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that Republicans are leading both chambers in Congress and in the North Carolina legislature, intra-party differences will garner more attention than they have in the past - particularly from those hoping the new GOP majorities will be chaotic, disastrous, and short-lived.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 5:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Progressives everywhere are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. The amount of the increase depends on who is calling for it. President Obama wants a 40 percent hike from the current minimum of $7.25 to $10.30 per hour, while others, including some trade unions, are asking for more than a...
Published: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the gap between Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina is rather wide on a number of issues - tax policy, Medicaid expansion, and campaign-finance laws come to mind - there are still some prospects for bipartisan cooperation in 2015 and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 1:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since 2006, when Margaret Spellings, then the U.S. secretary of education, issued a report stressing the need for higher graduation rates at colleges and universities, there has been pressure on universities to award more diplomas.
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, few of the fastest growing occupations require a four-year or graduate degree for entry. In this week's CommenTerry, I discuss implications of their findings for North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 1:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the cheapest shots in politics is to claim that only the unschooled and ignorant could possibly side with the other team. Both Democrats and Republicans make the claim about the other party. Democrats ridicule Republican-leaning voters for being dumb rednecks and undereducated boobs...
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour, a 40 percent increase. A number of dumb arguments have been made both for and against the increase.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 11:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the national economy still locked in the doldrums, states must continue to pull back on funding public university systems. The universities, in return, have two alternatives: they can raise tuition or cut costs. Most often, they do both.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A few years ago, the country became aware of a "bubble" building in higher education, as it had in housing.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2013 @ 7:18 pm
By: Jay Schalin
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North Carolina takes great pride in her university system. Nevertheless, the persisting recession is affecting all aspects of the state's economy, including UNC and its students.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of only two states that send all 16-year-old offenders to the adult court system rather than the juvenile justice system.
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2012 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Across the K-12 spectrum, student vulnerability manifests itself in myriad ways. Some troubled kids act out; others drop out.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The high school dropout count for Beaufort County Schools grew by 1 student, 110 to 111, from the 2009-2010 school year to 2010-2011.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2012 @ 4:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Glenn Beck had a dream. He thought that if Americans can unite in order to restore honor to our nation, it would be the first step in taking our country back.
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 @ 12:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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