Across the Carolinas

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...

Strong poll results help to close out National School Choice Week in North Carolina

Last Thursday the John Locke Foundation released its annual January School Choice Poll. The poll of 700 likely voters in North...

NC DPI celebrates choice — in NC public schools

Screenshot Yes, the announcement listed above is from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI). Truth be told,...

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...