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Sidesteps U.S. Senate approval for the United States to join
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2024 @ 6:46 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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ECU biochemistry professor reimagines teaching medical research
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 9:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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There are good citizens and concerned parents (of both races) across the state who are fanatically opposed to CRT being taught in the school system - a school system to which they pay taxes.
Published: Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Woodard
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Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following nine individuals to serve in key roles
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Christopher Rufo explains in the latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis how to face the dangers of Critical Race Theory.
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In any human enterprise as complex, varied, and challenging as education, we shouldn't expect a great deal of consensus, much less unanimity
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 9:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The econometric issue in question was a focus of mine in graduate school and as a faculty member at Columbia. It is the issue of how to generate causal estimates of the effect of policy changes.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 6:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There are just as many fads in politics as there is in other fields of human endeavor, from entertainment to home remedies
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 7:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should the government keep taxes higher in order to finance schools, roads, and other public services, even if the higher taxes discourage some private investment and entrepreneurship
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 5:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a liberal who grew up near California's Bible Belt in Orange County, I was brought up to believe that the enemies of reason were the Christian creationists who taught that the world is 6,000 years old and that biologists can't explain the evolution of complexity without invoking a divine creator
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Affirmative action is before the Supreme Court again this week, as it rehears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As the 2016 election cycle approaches, North Carolina voters will witness a spirited political debate about how best to promote economic growth
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for a telephone. The first long distance coast-to-coast telephone call was placed in 1915-exactly a century ago.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For three years now, I've been defending the decision of the North Carolina General Assembly to end the longstanding practice of giving public-school teachers automatic pay boosts if they possess or obtain graduate degrees.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because of the tremendous benefits conferred by better education, it would be great if policymakers knew precisely what silver bullets to fire to eliminate obstacles to higher achievement.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Except when complaining that North Carolina isn't giving enough targeted tax incentives to Hollywood studios, solar-panel manufacturers, and commercial real-estate developers, liberals contend that cutting taxes on business has no effect on business starts, corporate relocation, or job creation.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After 30 years working in the chemical industry, I knew that I wanted to teach as a second career. I was fortunate in 2002 to find my way to Ursinus College, a highly regarded liberal arts school near Philadelphia, where I have worked for a dozen enjoyable and stimulating years on both faculty and s
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When governors and state legislatures make their economies freer - through tax relief, regulatory relief, and labor-market reforms - who stands to benefit?
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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