It will be at least another month before state Superintendent Mark Johnson can take over at the helm of the Department of Public Instruction, which leaves the Board of Education in charge of the state... Read More
Now that North Carolinians can put “First in Freedom” on their license plates, again, it’s worth taking a moment to remember key moments in American history when people from our state played an... Read More
The Republicans have enjoyed majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly for nearly seven years now, and pretty soon Phil Berger and Tim Moore will be asking for two more. This is an... Read More
Editorial by Wilson Daily Times, September 14, 2017. When it comes to polarization, Phil Berger has a point. As the N.C. Senate prepared to approve new legislative district maps on Aug. 28, Berger... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, September 15, 2017. Although my late mother never finished high school, she still was a wise person. One of her favorite sayings was, there’s two... Read More
Democrats believe that their progressive policies would be best for North Carolina’s economy. Republicans believe their conservative ideas are the best recipe. For business executives, entrepreneurs... Read More
In a session filled with cutting debate and rapid-fire resolutions, several members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Thursday issued a litany of significant proposals... Read More
A draft plan for meeting the nation’s new federal education law has some on North Carolina’s top school board expressing frustration this week, particularly when it comes to measuring schools... Read More
Results from the 49th annual PDK Poll of public’s attitudes toward the public schools were released last week. The PDK Poll, commissioned by the pro-public-school magazine, Phi Delta Kappan... Read More
by Brooke Medina, Civitas Institute, September 6, 2017. DACA was a temporary, constitutionally-questionable response to an extremely sensitive issue The best place to create a resolution to the... Read More
