Membership in NEA/NCAE continues to decline Active membership in NCAE is down 32 percent in the last five years Numbers suggest NCAE does not represent the majority of public ... Keep Reading
Archives for June 2020
Let’s not forget about private schools
These are troubling times for private schools. The COVID-19 pandemic has already forced the closure of 57 private schools across the country and displaced over 7,900 students. And ... Keep Reading
Sex and the Supreme Court
This week, attorney Daniel Gibson makes his third guest appearance on Civitalk, helping us make sense of the recent Supreme Court decision, Bostock v. Clayton County. After Justice ... Keep Reading
Cooper administration should give clarity on reopening decisions
On June 26, North Carolina is scheduled to move into the third and final phase of Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan for reopening the economy after the coronavirus response shutdown. As of ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: Partisan anger on the uptick
Partisan anger and division seem to be overshadowing virtually everything in today's political news cycle. More to the point, the political world seems to have no limits and it ... Keep Reading
Police and criminal justice reform should be measured to avoid return to high crime era
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, most Americans agree that some reforms are needed for police departments and criminal sentencing laws. Some libertarian or right-leaning ... Keep Reading
Parents should prepare for Cooper’s back to school nightmare
Gov. Roy Cooper appears unwilling to allow North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school children to return to school full-time this fall, and parents must prepare for the ... Keep Reading
Newly enacted election law could short circuit four lawsuits
The General Assembly passed H1169, a bill designed to deal with voting during the coronavirus pandemic, with wide bipartisan majorities. The passage of H1169 will likely ... Keep Reading
State financial condition much improved, but pension and health benefits remain a major concern
State finances have improved dramatically over the last decade, but state employee pension and health benefit liabilities still loom large This is remaining residue from decades ... Keep Reading
Pausing school choice? Another bad idea
Superior Court Judge David Lee, who now presides over the long-running Leandro case, should hit the “pause” button on school choice programs because they make it more difficult for ... Keep Reading