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July 10, 2025

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Opportunity Scholarship Program lawsuit heads back to trial court

October 31, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A majority of an N.C Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit involving the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, sending the case back to be heard by […]

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GRAINGER: Hedge funds deliver opportunity

February 3, 2022 Frank Grainger

It was my honor to be elected to six terms to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The Board of Governors oversees the 17 campuses of the state’s higher education system, […]

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LONG: Why does the education establishment keeping attacking Opportunity Scholarships?

December 16, 2021 Mike Long

We live in an era of deep division and hyper-partisanship. To borrow a cliché, it is what it is.  That is why it is so encouraging to see an issue where North Carolinians broadly come […]

Opinion

LONG: Parents want choice in education, not systems with union priorities

August 18, 2021 Mike Long

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has upended nearly every aspect of our lives. But what may surprise many North Carolinians is the pandemic’s impact on education in our state. Newly released figures from the state […]

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Opportunity Scholarships expansion passes state Senate

May 12, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A bill passed by the N.C. Senate seeks to expand the number of low-income students that can participate in the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program. The Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) grants funds to […]

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Attorney General Stein files motion to dismiss NCAE lawsuit against scholarship program

March 30, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A motion to dismiss has been filed in the lawsuit filed by the N.C. Association of Educators involving the that’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Attorney General Josh Stein filed a motion to dismiss the […]

Article

Walk-on no more: Wake’s Nick Anderson earns scholarship after big game

October 28, 2020 Brett Friedlander

When the game was over, the undersized walk-on wearing No. 45 was lifted onto the shoulders of his teammates and carried off the field in triumph. It could have been a reenactment of the final […]

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos participates in a roundtable discussion on school choice in Raleigh on Oct. 2, 2020. Photo via A.P. Dillon, North State Journal
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U.S. Education Secretary DeVos attends roundtable in Raleigh

October 7, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Parents, students, lawmakers and non-profit leaders came together to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for a roundtable discussion of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program and the state’s other school choice options. […]

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NC Institute for Constitutional Law says lawsuit on Opportunity Scholarships is ‘meritless’

August 12, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A North Carolina constitutional policy group has characterized the lawsuit filed by a teacher’s union affiliate over the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program as “meritless.” The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) has published […]

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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Montana law blocking religious schools from scholarships

July 9, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court changed the face of scholarships in Montana when it held that the state could not ban religious schools from participating in the state’s scholarship program. The […]

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