- The research threat to NC universities
CHAPEL HILL (January 23, 2025) – With Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, the National Institutes of Health are “in the crosshairs“ for budget cuts, declared NPR. That could take a ...Read more - Opportunity Scholarships: Discrimination and neglect of special-needs childrenRALEIGH (January 23, 2025) – There is misinformation circulating about whether North Carolina’s taxpayer-funded Opportunity Scholarships enable schools to discriminate against applicants. Let’s set the record straight. The starting aim of the ...Read more
- Vouchers: Next step to dismantle NC public schoolsBy Kris Nordstrom Senior Policy Analyst, North Carolina Justice Center RALEIGH (January 16, 2025) – If your goal was to dismantle North Carolina’s public school system, how would you do it? Would you ...Read more
- Gov. Stein: Open doors of opportunity to every childEDITOR’S NOTE: The following are excerpts from new Gov. Josh Stein’s inaugural address Saturday where he addressed several education issues.1 RALEIGH (January 11, 2025) – North Carolina Strong means opening the ...Read more
- Inaugural food for thoughtRALEIGH (January 16, 2025) – When an Inaugural Ball where you’re expecting more than 2,000 people gets postponed, what do you do with all the food you’ve ordered? Facing the snowstorm ...Read more
- UNC Asheville makes hustle plays to reopenBy Eric Johnson ASHEVILLE (January 16, 2025) – On Wednesday afternoon, after more than three months of empty classrooms, UNC Asheville celebrated an extraordinary return for the spring semester. Over a welcome-back ...Read more
- Revere our teachersBy David Rice Executive Director, Public Ed Works WINCHESTER, VA (January 8, 2025) – I’m the son of two teachers – one a highly successful football coach and excellent math teacher, the ...Read more
- Hopes for 2025RALEIGH (January 2, 2025) – North Carolina’s General Assembly seems to consider itself all-powerful. Well here’s hoping that changes with the new year. Republicans lost their supermajority in the state House ...Read more
- Vouchers’ impact on public school fundingRALEIGH (January 2, 2024) – Over the next several weeks, we will publish several short posts to address misinformation circulating about the North Carolina School vouchers called “Opportunity Scholarships.” These vouchers ...Read more
- 2024: An onslaught on public educationRALEIGH (December 26, 2024) – 2024 marked a continuing – and at times audacious – eating away at public schools in North Carolina. Governing boards appointed directly or indirectly by state ...Read more
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