The newest Civitas Poll shows that a majority of likely Democratic voters and a plurality of likely Republican voters support the $2 billion infrastructure referendum on the March 15 ballot. The bond... Read More
Ideally, those who want to improve teacher recruitment and retention in North Carolina would have sufficient information about why teachers choose to leave our public schools to teach in another... Read More
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, January 25, 2016. Two truths about education we should know by now: 1) In North Carolina, as in much of the country, we haven’t come up with an answer yet for... Read More
Few political promises are as common as this one: “My policies will create jobs.” You hear it from candidates for federal, state, and local office, as well as from activists, commentators, and... Read More
Students protesting program cuts and the hiring of University of North Carolina President-elect Margaret Spellings disrupted the UNC Board of Governors meeting Tuesday morning. UNC-Chapel Hill police... Read More
After two weeks of tension about a proposed CSX cargo hub in Johnston County, the Governor’s Office said in a statement Tuesday that the proposed site for the project was off the table. "Based on... Read More
Years before he announced it officially, Attorney General Roy Cooper's nascent campaign for governor was the worst-kept secret in North Carolina politics. The Democrat's open criticism of the... Read More
North Carolina’s fledgling virtual charter schools are recording staggeringly high withdrawal rates in their opening months. Now public education advocates are asking what happens to the public... Read More
Rosanell Eaton, 94, has been a registered voter for more than 70 years. As a black woman growing up in the Jim Crow South, she had to read the preamble of the U.S. Constitution in order to register to... Read More
Almost exactly 15 year ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS.” I argued that low levels of proficiency in reading and math, particularly... Read More
