by Ann Doss Helms, Charlotte Observer, December 19, 2013. Students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools outperformed counterparts in 20 urban districts on a rigorous national test of math and reading... Read More
North Carolina's public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state... Read More
Don’t underestimate the chances that people who think like Bob Rucho might control Congress a year from now. Behind Rucho’s tweet and the budget battle in Washington is a death match between... Read More
The recent filing of a lawsuit against the state’s new private school voucher scheme by the NCAE and the N.C. Justice Center on behalf of 25 plaintiffs received a flurry of media attention—and it... Read More
If the latest bad news hasn’t soured your assessment of the so-called Affordable Care Act, consider David Nather’s Politico article on the potential impact for small businesses. Think the... Read More
When will the criticism of Obamacare finally end? I’ve done some research on the question, and by my calculations, judging from current trends, this will happen approximately … never. I base this... Read More
I might be an Obamacare “winner.” After months of frustration, I might qualify for a policy with better benefits, slightly lower premiums and a smaller deductible. But it comes at a steep price... Read More
A recent news release by the State Treasurer’s office reported that the $83 billion Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System is outperforming its benchmark. The release claimed that the... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, December 17, 2013. The Associated Press surveyed more than three dozen economists to find out what most shopkeepers could have told it: The richer getting richer doesn... Read More
A joint legislative committee charged with scrutinizing the new Common Core standards used in North Carolina schools for math and English held its first meeting Tuesday and the talk quickly turned to... Read More
