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Priorities remain unchanged at Eggs & Issues forum

April 16, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Public School Forum of North Carolina held its annual Eggs & Issues event at the McKimmon Center on the NC State campus last Tuesday. Most of the forum’s top issues from the […]

2025 Year in Review: School choice on rise in NC

December 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — School choice in North Carolina continued to thrive in 2025 through the Opportunity Scholarship program, homeschooling and support from the Trump administration. The 15th annual National School Choice Week kicked things off, taking place from […]

NCGA bill opts state into Trump’s school choice program, Stein vetoed it

August 8, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly sent a bill that would opt the state into President Donald Trump’s school choice program to Gov. Josh Stein, who then vetoed the measure. In his veto message […]

How school choice expansion will work in NC

July 18, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — President Donald Trump signed his first major piece of legislation into law on Independence Day, delivering on a wide range of campaign promises, including making his tax cuts permanent and enacting no tax […]

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, left, speaks with PEFNC President Mike Long during a fireside chat.

Education Secretary McMahon headlines school choice gala

June 30, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The school choice advocacy group Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina celebrated its 20th anniversary at a gala held at the Angus Barn in Raleigh last Wednesday. The event, dubbed “two decades […]

STAM: The logical fallacy of WUNC’s attack on Opportunity Scholarships

June 19, 2025 Paul Stam

On June 5, WUNC published an article with this headline: Report shows most NC voucher recipients already attended private school — here’s why that matters. The N.C. Public Radio station then linked to the article […]

Families on Opportunity Scholarship waitlist notified of awards

December 5, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Families who had been waitlisted for an Opportunity Scholarship award due to a previous shortfall in the program’s funding have been notified that grants are awaiting their action. The North Carolina Education Assistance […]

Cooper’s ICE, Opportunity Scholarship veto overridden

November 27, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 10 last week. The House overrode the veto on Nov. 19 by a vote of 72-44. Three Democrats crossed […]

Cooper vetoes bill that funds Opportunity Scholarship backlog

September 20, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that allocates several hundred million dollars to an expanded private school voucher program and orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents looking for people in the […]

General Assembly passes budget conference report bill

September 12, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly passed its budget conference report contained in House Bill 10 this past week. The bill includes $248 million in nonrecurring funds to clear the waitlist […]