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Some Republican-led states, including Tennessee, are joining Democrats in actively resisting school choice policies after dozens of red states have already begun implementing such changes.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Wednesday, N.C. Senate Republicans held a press conference introducing the Parents’ Bill of Rights. which they say would give parents more control over the direction of their child’s education and require more transparency in public schools.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 8:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Between 2019 and 2022, female students generally recorded larger drops in proficiency rates than their male counterparts
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The problem right now is that education – public education, particularly - isn't solving some of the problems that we have right now – to truly educate our next generations, to instill a sense of patriotism and love of country, to prepare our children for college and for life in general.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 1:19 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Although most families are hoping that back to school means back to normal, there are still some wanting to go back to forced masking, social distancing, isolated lunches outside, daily testing, lengthy quarantines, and even virtual schooling despite the learning loss that results
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first occurs during ages 2-7, with a second one occurring during adolescence. At the start of these periods, the number of connections (synapses) between brain cells (neurons) doubles.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 9:32 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Today, state education officials released 2021-22 testing results and graduation rates for all North Carolina public schools.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 11:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Test scores improved for 3rd through 8th grade across categories during the 2021-2022 school year.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 2:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As teacher shortages loom ahead of the new school year, union leaders are calling for more financial resources.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 11:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Progressives have sought to use public schools to advance their social and political agenda for nearly a century
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 6:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Starting the in 1970s, teacher unions began politicizing teacher spending on classroom items
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 6:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke during the Moms For Liberty National Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday and called on abolishing the federal agency she once served.
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 10:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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It's interesting that the one room school house produced generations of adults who built the country with new and time saving inventions, fought and won two world wars and was a shining example to the rest of the world with the strength of our economic, political and social institutions.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Lacava
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As Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address, here’s what Americans are saying after one year under Biden and Democrats:
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 4:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our nation and state are divided on an array of issues, but there is little disagreement in North Carolina about the role parents should play in their child’s education.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 8:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of National School Choice Week, the John Locke Foundation asked 600 likely general election voters to assess the condition of education in North Carolina and opine on the state’s popular public and private school choice programs.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My Locke colleagues Dr. Terry Stoops and Dr. Bob Luebke in the Center for Effective Education are the experts in school choice and education policy, so be sure to follow their analysis of this and other school choice data.
Published: Saturday, February 5th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new survey from the nonprofit organization National School Choice Week shows that 52% of parents said they were considering — or considered in the past year — choosing a new or different school for their children.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2021 @ 3:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Choose freedom
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 9:05 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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This Should Be the Roadmap For NC
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: John Woodard
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Slow school reopening, dropping enrollment, and union influence on health policy may mean new energy for the school choice movement
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bruno Manno writes at Real Clear Education about facts that appear clear to everyone but recalcitrant teacher union representatives.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto of a bill to reopen schools.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public education has a lot of problems these days.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 11:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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D.C. area schools are hiring monitors to watch students who return to school buildings while teachers remain online.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 4:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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This afternoon Rep. Brian Farkas took the first significant vote of his career — to keep students out of classrooms.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 1:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chrissy Clark of the Washington Free Beacon highlights discord in the Windy City’s schools.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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A group of teachers is prioritizing itself over students, experts say of recent tactics from the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Eric Boehm writes at Reason.com about the disconnect between teachers unions’ current demands and actual threats COVID-19 poses to schools reopening.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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