Traditional public schools educate around 80 percent of K-12 students in North Carolina. Expanding choice incentivizes traditional public schools to be more in touch with parent ... Keep Reading
Archives for January 2019
Roe v. Wade, Covington Catholic, and Cooper’s Shady Actions
The irresponsible mishandling of the altercation between Covington Catholic School boys and activist Nathan Phillips is yet another sobering example of how destructive media and ... Keep Reading
Poll Results: NC Likes School Choice and Wants More Of It
92 percent of respondents believe parents should have the ability to choose their child’s school Support for charter schools and Opportunity Scholarships are stronger among ... Keep Reading
The School Choice Waiting List Crisis
Editor's Note: A previous version of this article cited an outdated estimate of the Opportunity Scholarship waitlist total. The current total is now used for the overall waitlist ... Keep Reading
Frequently Asked Questions About School Choice
In honor of National School Choice Week, Civitas provides responses to some commonly asked questions about school choice. What is school choice and why should we celebrate ... Keep Reading
Fact or Fiction: Segregation and Charter Schools
The war on charter schools continues. An opinion piece by Ferrell Guillory, Vice Chairman of EducationNC and a professor at UNC School of Media and Journalism, was recently ... Keep Reading
The Shutdown, Big Macs, and a Personality Test
Join us as we examine the outrage about President Trump's decision to serve Clemson football players fast food. The current government shutdown has now broken the record for the ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: Medicaid Expansion Could be Big Battle of 2019
North Carolina may be gearing up for a big battle on Medicaid expansion in 2019. While Civitas is more than ready to point out the many fallacies on entitlement expansion, and we ... Keep Reading
Taking Stock of the 9th District Dispute
Democrats and Republicans focus on different parts of state law regarding the conditions under which the State Board of Elections may refuse to certify an election. Despite the ... Keep Reading
Toxic Masculinity, Voter Roll Purges, and Trump’s Oval Office Address
Join us this week as we share our thoughts on the President's Oval Office address and the Democratic response. We also discuss the recent purge of over half a million registered ... Keep Reading