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Opportunity Scholarship defenders seek to block opponents’ legal maneuvers
RALEIGH — Legislative defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to block “burdensome” trial court activity in a lawsuit challenging the program.
Dems says too many private, homeschool parents on Truitt's advisory board
RALEIGH — Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee.
Legal fight focuses on who should hear latest challenge to Opportunity Scholarships
RALEIGH — The latest legal challenge to North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program could be decided by a single judge or a three-judge panel. Arguments presented in recent days to the N.C. Court of Appeals focus on the case's destination.
OPINION: Try this one weird trick to get politics out of education
Over the last two years — since the New York Times introduced its 1619 Project to "reframe the country's history" around the consequences of slavery — something called "Critical Race Theory" has become the new football in the never-ending political struggle to control the content of K-12 education in America.
Report: Parental empowerment key to accountability in private-school choice programs
RALEIGH — Accountability for publicly funded school choice programs should primarily come through parent empowerment, not regulatory overreach. That’s the assessment of a new report from Notre Dame Law School scholar Nicole Stelle Garnett published by the Manhattan Institute.
General Assembly to again consider expanding gun rights in churches
RALEIGH — The General Assembly is again considering a mild expansion of gun rights in this legislative session, a year after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a similar Second Amendment bill.
School choice could see gains in new legislature
RALEIGH — As North Carolina prepares to celebrate National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, the cause of educational freedom could see even more advancement during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2021-2022 session.
Cooper would slash school voucher program to pay for education wish-list
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget proposal would seize millions from school choices programs and divert it to public schools.
School choice becomes big issue in 2020 elections
Left-leaning teacher groups sue over private school voucher program
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools.