North Carolina’s public school system is in need of fundamental reform. While education spending continues to grow, key measures of student progress demonstrate that ... Keep Reading
Archives for February 2008
February 2008 DecisionMaker Poll
The DecisionMaker Poll was conducted on February 19-22 with live telephone interviews with 800 registered voters, who voted in the 2002 and 2004 general elections, were first time ... Keep Reading
Where’s the Beef (uh, Warming)?
Looks like Al Gore and the climate modelers were wrong again. Here's an article to prove it. ... Keep Reading
Kids and the Lottery: Say it Ain’t So
This article was originally published in the Fayetteville Observer. Since passage of legislation to legalize the education lottery in North Carolina in 2005, gambling has been ... Keep Reading
A Glossary of Key Policy Terms
ABCs of Education First implemented in 1997, the ABCs (Accountability, Basics, and Maximum Local Control) of Education represented a comprehensive restructuring of public ... Keep Reading
The Trouble with Single Payer
An expose on healthcare in Canada. "Two Women" ... Keep Reading
An Economic Stimulus Package for North Carolina
by Kyle Ward President Bush's approval of a $161 billion economic stimulus package raises some interesting questions regarding how state lawmakers might respond to the current ... Keep Reading
Teacher and State Employee Retirement Benefits At Risk
Shortsighted lawmakers, more concerned with funding pork projects and winning the next election, have put healthcare benefits for future state retirees in jeopardy. Consider that ... Keep Reading
Can N.C. help the poor without making them dependent?
Supporters of poverty fighter John Edwards are still coping with his exit from the presidential race. We can speculate endlessly about his loss – about Obama’s ... Keep Reading
Stopping Forced Annexation through Grassroots Activism
North Carolina is one of the few states left with forced annexation. ... Keep Reading