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Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Mecklenburg County is asking voters next week to approve $516 million…

Click here to view and here to listen to Terry Stoops discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Moore County is asking voters next week to approve $54 million…

RALEIGH – North Carolina cannot fix its ailing public school systems by mandating longer school days or a longer school year. That’s the conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation…

There is no consistent relationship between in-school instructional time in mathematics and a nation’s average score on an international mathematics test. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University concluded that there was no statistically significant correlation between instructional time in math, science, reading, and civics and test scores on international assessments of those subjects.

For many years, charter-school research has almost exclusively focused on the issue of academic performance. While this issue deserves attention, research indicates that parents choose charter schools based, not on one factor, but on a number of factors related to the schools' social and academic environments.

RALEIGH – Smaller school and class sizes, innovative curricula, and better discipline are leading more North Carolina parents to choose charter schools for their children. That’s a key finding in…

North Carolina’s public schools students are falling behind, and the State Board of Education is to blame. As Governor Easley prepares to fill two vacancies on the board, it is time to appoint members who can bring fresh approaches and new ideas, not more groupthink, to the body that controls our beleaguered public school system.

RALEIGH – The State Board of Education needs more diverse viewpoints, if North Carolina expects public schools to improve. That’s the assessment offered in a new John Locke Foundation…

For planning purposes What: N.C. Education Alliance event When: Noon Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Where: The John Locke Foundation 200 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27601 Price: $10 Who:…

As the law is currently written, the education lottery will do little to fund the most critical needs of North Carolina’s students. Too much of the revenue will be used for unproven class-size reduction efforts and pre-kindergarten programs. Too little of the lottery revenue will be given to school districts and charter schools that have critical school facilities needs. The General Assembly can maximize the educational benefit of the lottery revenue by distributing more funds for capital expenditures to high-growth school districts and to charter schools.