Many of the controversies roiling public education are traceable to a system that assigns students to schools based on where they live. One North Carolina community that is working ... Keep Reading
Archives for August 2015
Spending Binges Underlie Budget Woes
As the nation’s sub-par economic recovery continues, tax revenues to state coffers are not rising as rapidly as in past periods of robust economic growth. Some left-leaning groups ... Keep Reading
NC Voters Support Ed Savings Accounts
One of the most popular options for expanding educational opportunity is the Education Savings Account (ESA). Currently five states – Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and ... Keep Reading
A Taxpayer Protection Act for North Carolina: Examining Misleading Claims about Colorado’s TABOR Experience
NOTE: This week the NC Senate approved a Taxpayer Protection Act that would enact restraints on the annual growth rate of the state budget. (For more on the legislation, go to NC ... Keep Reading
The seminal NC public records case that could have been
In 2008-2009, a legal battle took place in Guilford County Superior Court over whether third-party investigations into city police departments are subject to our state’s public ... Keep Reading
Court: Greenlight Educational Freedom; The Case Against it is Weak
The recent decision by the State Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of school vouchers has turned supporters toward the future and critics toward raising the volume on ... Keep Reading
Civitas Seeks Investigation of PAC
Aug. 3, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – The Civitas Institute has called on the State Board of ... Keep Reading
SBI Wastes Millions on Reminders to Sex Offenders
Just days into my new internship here at Civitas earlier this summer I was handed a cardboard box, filled to the brim with literally a thousand pages of emails, meeting minutes, ... Keep Reading