Debate over the impact of the Opportunity Scholarship Program was renewed recently when N.C. State researchers Anna Egalite, D.T. Stallings, and Stephen Porter published a study that found…
This month, the New Teacher Center released results from the 2018 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey. The survey is conducted every two years and captures the opinions of…
House Bill 514/Session Law 2018-3 would allow four Mecklenburg County municipalities – Cornelius, Huntersville, Matthews, and Mint Hill – to undertake the charter school application process and, if successful,…
Unphased by the recent teacher walkout, Republican lawmakers continue to invest in their policy priorities, including a fifth consecutive raise for teachers, raises for principals, expanded performance pay programs, new…
Updated as of January 2020. Discussions of funding levels are necessary, but not sufficient, for truly understanding the health of our public schools. Researchers generally agree that how the money…
Updated as of January 2020. In North Carolina, public education is a core fiscal responsibility of state and local government. In the words of the North Carolina Supreme Court, the…
Updated as of January 2020. Curricula are not standards. Standards are not curricula. In the debate over the Common Core State Standards, definitions of key terms such as “standards” and…
Updated as of January 2020. No system of public education can thrive without a high-quality teacher workforce. The problem is that state education bureaucracies enforce rules and regulations that fail…
Updated as of January 2020. School accountability comes in two forms. Either parents keep schools accountable by “voting with their feet,” or states compel public school districts to administer standardized…
Updated as of January 2020. A virtual school is an internet-based learning environment that allows students to participate in a class using a computer rather than being present in a…
