Judge Howard Manning just issued another order telling the General Assembly how to allocate money. This time he says they can”t limit the number of at-risk four year olds who participate in Easley’s pet pre-kindergarten program previously known as More at Four. Manning keeps confusing the constitutional requirement to provide a good basic education with just throwing more money at a failing system.

JLF education guru, Dr. Stoops provided commentary on Manning’s efforts to drive education policy, concluding “Rather than accelerating the process of guaranteeing a “sound basic education” for North Carolina’s public school students, Manning has become a formidable (and interminable) impediment in the already difficult process of developing sound education policy. It is time to move on.”