Stories tagged: "school choice"

NC private school vouchers

Education NC Private School Voucher Program Is State-Sanctioned Discrimination

Many of the schools getting a NC private school voucher are allowed to discriminate with your dollars, says a public education advocate from North Carolina. State law requires the private schools that receive public dollars through the Opportunity Scholarship program — aka the NC private school voucher program — to adhere to some, but not...

Heather Koons August 9, 2023 1:35 pm EDT

Crowds cheer during a 2018 demonstration against the GOP-controlled NC General Assembly's education policies, including the state's expanding private school voucher program. School funding is one of the areas that figures to suffer if Republicans eliminate the state's corporate tax. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Education Most North Carolinians Oppose Public Spending on Private, Religious Schools, New Poll Finds

Schools teaching outdated Biblical views of the world have reaped millions in public funding in the last decade.

Billy Ball

Billy Ball February 7, 2022 4:16 pm EST

In this May 2018 file photo, lawmakers and legislative employees watch the crowd grow outside of the North Carolina Legislative Building as educators gathered to protest education funding shortfalls. We're launching "Cardinal Voices" to feature the voices of the everyday North Carolinians speaking on the most important issues of the day. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Commentary The Search for Silver Linings in a Disastrous Election for NC Educators

A Charlotte educator explains why the 2020 election in NC was such a crushing defeat for many teachers, and offers at least one silver lining.

Justin Parmenter

Justin Parmenter November 10, 2020 10:24 am EST

NC educators protest near the General Assembly building in Raleigh in 2018. Education funding was a major point of conflict in the state in the last decade, particularly longstanding funding inequities between urban and rural counties. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Commentary From a Teacher: Why 2020 Election in NC Will Leave Many With Buyer’s Remorse

Voters in NC can expect GOP winners at the state and federal level to invest more in school choice and less in public education.

Kim Mackey

Kim Mackey November 9, 2020 11:39 am EST

NC Senate leader Phil Berger in a 2016 file photo. A NC teacher says Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore have overseen a punishing decade for public education. She's calling on North Carolinians to vote as if their schools are at stake. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Commentary I’m a NC Teacher. You Should Vote as if Public Education is at Stake.

It’s been a punishing decade for NC teachers like myself. Here's why I'm voting to remove lawmakers who want to dismantle public education.

Kim Mackey

Kim Mackey October 28, 2020 11:25 am EDT

Members of the NC General Assembly stand in this April file photo. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Coronavirus NC Teachers’ Group: If Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, Lawmakers Should Too

The NCAE blamed GOP lawmakers in Raleigh and DC for more than 27,000 jobs lost in NC schools during the coronavirus pandemic.

Billy Ball

Billy Ball October 26, 2020 2:40 pm EDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to supporters at UNC-Asheville, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Coronavirus ‘The Outcome of the Race Will be Decided by You’: Kamala Harris Stresses Unity in NC

Kamala Harris made two stops in NC Wednesday, emphasizing healthcare and education in a critical battleground state with needs in both areas.

Pat Moran

Pat Moran October 22, 2020 11:04 am EDT