RALEIGH — With the incoming Biden administration signaling it will be more hostile to school choice initiatives, the future may be uncertain for an executive order issued on Dec. 28, 2020, by President Donald Trump […]
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. […]
RALEIGH — Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-09) introduced a bill to help parents find and access education options when local schools refuse to open for safe, in-person instruction. H.R. 8182, the Creating Hope and Opportunity through […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s State Board of Education has approved grants that total $17.4 million to 34 charter schools to attract and enroll more underserved and disadvantaged students. The awards are part of the N.C. […]
APEX – Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited Thales Academy in Apex, a private school that has been open for in-person instruction since July 20. The trip, just two […]
Tuesday, June 30, was a great day for school choice across America, reverberating right here in North Carolina. In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Montana tax-credit scholarship program that helps students […]
You have probably heard the phrase “Elections have consequences.” If you want to see a tragic example of this, look no further than Pennsylvania. During Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, we heard about […]
I have been asked many times why 20% of North Carolina families are no longer in the public school system — a number that is growing by the day. Let me share a real story […]
You can pretty much guarantee that year after year, teachers’ unions and their allies will make one claim: —Our public school teachers are not paid enough and our public schools are underfunded. It is happening […]
North State Journal spoke to four of the major players in guiding North Carolina’s education policy. North State Journal: Why do you have such a passion for parental school choice? Darrell Allison: In 2004, if […]
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