When you don’t know where to find the answer to that question about NC public schools. . .
Have you ever wondered how much the average public school teacher is paid in salary and benefits, how much public...
And what about that federal Covid money for our schools?
Three years ago, the federal government gave U.S. public schools $190 billion over five years to safeguard against Covid and...
Parental Rights
Introduction One hundred years ago, in Pierce vs. Society of Sisters (1925), the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark...
New study gives strong evidence for scaling up school choice programs
How can states raise student achievement at scale? That’s an eternal question, made even more important in an era where education...
Why we work for school choice
How and where we educate our children is a freedom that North Carolinians hold dear. However, merely professing it doesn’t...
NC voters support open enrollment in public schools
A recent Carolina Journal poll found strong support for the concept of intradistrict open enrollment in North Carolina’s K–12 public...
NC schools that beat the odds: it’s time to get noticed
Students from schools with a low percentage of children in poverty generally do better than students from schools that a...
How accountable are North Carolina public schools, really — Part 2
Part 1 of this two-part series demonstrated how school data and complicated school funding formulas limit true financial accountability for...
NCSEAA taking new Opportunity Scholarship, ESA+ applications
The priority application window for North Carolina’s popular Opportunity Scholarship and ESA+ programs opened today and will remain open through...
Cheers to public school choice — but add open enrollment
Yesterday afternoon, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) hosted a press conference to celebrate “the exceptional educational choices...
ESA expansion bill puts us on path to universal school choice
Common Questions About Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs)
What is an ESA?ESAs allow parents to apply for eligible students to receive the state portion of education funds (or...
The Gaslighting of South Carolina Parents
Do you know the origin of the term “gaslighting”? The act of “gaslighting” was made famous by the MGM film...
BREAKING: Proposed Library Regulation Passes
On September 28, the State Department of Education (SCDE) published a draft of a “new regulation that addresses school and...
The NEA Sues South Carolina: Does Their Tillman Constitution Claim Have Merit?
Last week, the National Education Association (The NEA/The SCEA) and others announced that they had filed suit against the State...
