• John Locke Update

    State Officials Should Approve Wake County Charter Schools

    posted June 11, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    As Carolina Journal reported last week, the N.C. State Board of Education has delayed approval of two charter school applicants, North Raleigh Charter Academy and Wake Preparatory Academy, because…
  • John Locke Update

    Who Will Save the Public Schools of Robeson County?

    posted June 6, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    It is not difficult to understand why the editors of Business North Carolina and The Robesonian have asked the state to assist the Public Schools of Robeson County.
  • John Locke Update

    Three Cheers for Charter Management Companies

    posted May 23, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    The education establishment and their left-wing political allies frequently condemn companies that are contracted to operate public charter schools.  As part of his Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education,…
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    The Triumphs and Challenges of N.C. Charter Schools

    posted May 15, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    In 2011, Thom Tillis, Phil Berger, and the Republican leadership in the N.C. General Assembly removed the 100-school school cap included in the 1996 law that authorized the creation of…
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    Teacher Walkout Shortchanges Students

    posted May 1, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    While the media will be focusing on union activists at today’s teacher march, I’ll be thinking about a young man named Junior. In 2016, a sobering documentary titled “Raising…
  • John Locke Update

    Teacher Pay in North Carolina: Sweet Spots and Sour Notes

    posted April 9, 2019 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    In March, the National Education Association released teacher salary data from its upcoming “Rankings of the States 2018 and Estimates of School Statistics 2019” report. Republican lawmakers welcomed the news…

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