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Archives for May 2020
Bad bill watch: Redistricting bill is impractical and runs counter to NC Constitution
North Carolina’s county clusters are a unique solution to the problem of balancing two constitutional requirements for redistricting A bill to alter how county clusters are ... Keep Reading
DPI: Average NC teacher salary hits $54,682, second highest in the Southeast
By Dr. Terry Stoops Every February, the Information Analysis section of the Division of School Business at the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes “Highlights ... Keep Reading
Wake County Manager offers WCPSS a dose of reality
These are troubled times for our schools. The coronavirus response has emptied our school buildings, jumbled staff assignments and forced schools to pivot to online learning. ... Keep Reading
Keeping NC farmers competitive, agriculture during a pandemic, and quarantine snacks
This week, Michael Harden, Civitas' new director of agricultural studies and outreach, joins the conversation to discuss worrisome developments in agriculture during the pandemic, ... Keep Reading
Don’t punish American taxpayers by bailing out the states
It’s not difficult to find bad policy examples from government-enacted lockdowns due to coronavirus, yet virtually none are worse than the idea of the federal government bailing ... Keep Reading
Civitas response to 2020 Consensus Revenue Forecast
RALEIGH – Civitas Institute president and CEO Donald Bryson released the following statement in response to the announcement that the General Assembly's nonpartisan Fiscal Research ... Keep Reading
Cooper announces Phase Two, legislature could take reopening further
North Carolina will move into Phase 2 of the governor’s three-phase reopening plan on Friday, May 22nd at 5 p.m. Gov. Roy Cooper and Department of Health and Human Services ... Keep Reading
The WestEd Report: Plenty of reasons to hit the brakes
Leandro v. State of North Carolina casts a long shadow over the public schools in the Tar Heel state. In 1997, the state supreme court held that the state’s children have “a right ... Keep Reading
Alarm bells going off for public school parents, as school administrators consider life altering back to school plans
Catherine Truitt, a senior advisor on education during Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration and current candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, was addressing an ... Keep Reading