By Bob Luebke and Drew Catt The following article appeared on the opinion page of the Fayetteville Observer on March 20, 2020 In his State of the Union speech in February, ... Keep Reading
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget dissonance
A previous version of this press release referenced an older version of Senate Bill 361, which has since been modified and now excludes expansion of innovation waivers. Please ... Keep Reading
Defining conservatism, Gov. Cooper’s budget, and CPAC 2019
This week, we take a deep dive into Gov. Roy Cooper's budget proposals, highlighting the most troublesome ones, such as the freezing of the Opportunity Scholarship for low-income ... Keep Reading
Getting the Story Straight: Parental Choice and the Public Schools
Public school advocates on the Left in North Carolina increasingly claim that parental choice and the public schools are a zero-sum policy option. “When parental choice expands, ... Keep Reading
Study Confirms High Parent Approval for Opportunity Scholarships
School choice advocates in North Carolina now have even more data to back their assertion that greater educational freedom and choice are in the best interest of low and ... Keep Reading
Voices of School Choice
Georgeanna Wiest, Founder of Heritage Leadership Academy, and her family Education reformers all across the United States recently concluded National School Choice Week, a ... Keep Reading
Opportunity Scholarships Are Working!
Former State Rep. Charles Jeter announced in a March 1st column in the Charlotte Observer that he was no longer supporting the state’s Opportunity Scholarship voucher program. You ... Keep Reading
NC African Americans want more educational choice
Eighty-two percent of African Americans say state lawmakers need to do more to provide more educational options for their children. That’s one of the findings of a poll released ... Keep Reading
NC Supreme Court approves vouchers
Today the North Carolina Supreme Court gave everyone who believes all children deserve access to quality educational opportunities some very good news when it upheld the ... Keep Reading
Voucher ruling will be appealed; but when
Like most supporters of school choice, I'm disappointed by yesterday's ruling by Judge Hobgood declaring the Opportunity Scholarship legislation unconstitutional. The ... Keep Reading
