Category Archives: K-12 education

WNCN Television asked the John Locke Foundation to analyze the N.C. Senate’s proposed education budget.

At HickoryRecord.com, Robert T. Canipe, Professor of English and Composition at Catawba Valley Community College, observes, If NC and the local systems PAID TEACHERS more, there would be more competition for the jobs and the pedophiles and awful teachers could be kept OUT of the profession. However, when you pay slave wages to teachers whileContinue Reading

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the committee debate for and against an opportunity scholarship, or voucher, bill in the N.C. House. John Hood’s Daily Journal praises two components of President Obama’s federal budget plan.

The state House will consider a means-tested voucher bill (HB 944) in committee today.  That means that you’ll read and hear a lot of nonsense and half-truths about the success of private school vouchers.  If you want the whole story, read School Vouchers: From Friedman to the Finish Line. And don’t forget to remind yourContinue Reading

Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online that the Senate budget plan includes a new fee for drivers of electric and hybrid vehicles. Kristen Blair’s Daily Journal questions the wisdom of allowing young children to spend lots of time with iPads and other digital devices.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools allow high schools to change grading policy in individual schools.  The change simply continues the lack of confidence in classroom grades, but also confuses what a grade means school by school. Mallard Creek High School outlined the change in the school newsletter last month, writing “This quarter we are eliminating zeros…. 50Continue Reading

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that proponents of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina are misreading a study in order to inflate the number of people likely to be uninsured without that expansion. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why people who support Medicaid’s structure ought not reject proposals to inject more choice into publicContinue Reading

Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. House’s vote this week to approve an education reimbursement of up to $6,000 a year for families of children with special needs.