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Rethinking payroll deduction allowances for public employee associations

posted April 11, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome I suspect that many North Carolinians do not know that state law enables particular special-interest organizations to deduct…
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Charter schools: Not a passing fad like forced sterilization or disco

posted April 4, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome This week, I discuss the ongoing battle over charter schools. On a completely different note, I…
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The Teacher Pay Debate

posted March 28, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome As you may have noticed from the title, I am writing about teacher pay this…
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School Accreditation: Seven Devils in Exchange for One

posted March 21, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome In 1939, University of Buffalo chancellor Samuel P. Capen delivered his famous "Seven Devils in Exchange…
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Inputs, Outcomes, and the NC Association of Educators

posted March 14, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome Thanks to the many readers who weighed in on last week’s CommenTerry, a…
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NC State Board of Education: Membership has its privileges

posted March 7, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome Nearly three years ago, Eddie Davis, then-president of the NCAE and Democratic candidate for superintendent of public instruction, had…
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A treatise on testing

posted February 28, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome The recent debate about the quality and necessity of North Carolina’s testing program is long overdue.
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Bev’s Bumpy Budget

posted February 21, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome budget |’bəjit| noun 1 an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period…
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Tuition tax credits now!

posted February 14, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome According to the Alliance for School Choice, just over 123,500…
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The charter school battle continues

posted February 7, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops

View in your browser. Welcome A friend of mine attended the open house at Endeavor Charter School on Saturday.

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