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RALEIGH — More than 70 percent of the school districts that won state dropout prevention grants last year saw their graduation rates decline in 2008. A John Locke Foundation analyst…

During the last legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to reestablish the Committee on Dropout Prevention and add $15 million to the existing $7 million for dropout prevention grants. The purpose of the dropout prevention grants is to raise the graduation rate. Among districts receiving grants last year, 27 of 38 had a declining graduation rate from the 2006-07 school year to the 2007-08 school year.

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s next General Assembly can promote freedom and prosperity by limiting government spending, rejecting policies that raise energy costs, and helping more parents make choices about their…

RALEIGH – A new assessment of “parent-friendly” public school systems assigns Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools a D+ grade. That’s one of the region’s worst grades, as compiled in a new John Locke…

RALEIGH – The Triangle’s largest public school districts earn disappointing grades for “parent-friendliness,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Wake County schools pick up a C…

RALEIGH – The Triad’s largest public school systems earn poor grades for “parent-friendliness,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Guilford schools earn a C and Forsyth…

RALEIGH – North Carolina school districts are not very “parent-friendly,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. But western school districts earn better grades than others in…

RALEIGH – New Hanover County public schools and other North Carolina school districts are not very “parent-friendly,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. New Hanover earns…

RALEIGH – North Carolina school districts are not very “parent-friendly,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Cumberland County earns a C in a new assessment of…

RALEIGH – North Carolina school districts are not very “parent-friendly,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. No district in this region earned better than a C+…