2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (805+ words) Civic knowledge remains critical to our nation's long-term survival. "A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny," Thomas Jefferson told us, adding, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (579+ words) North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek plans to audit the Opportunity Scholarship Program, the state's popular voucher program that now serves roughly 107, 000 students at a cost of around $587 million a year. Boliek, a first-term Republican, told The Assembly, which first reported…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (493+ words) Tax season usually means sending more of your paycheck to Washington. As a part of North Carolina's US House delegation, I believe those in this state know how to spend their own money better than those people in Washington do....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (366+ words) North Carolina students returning for the spring semester are facing a disconnected classroom environment, following a Jan. 1 state deadline that required all public school boards to enact strict bans on the use of smartphones and laptops during instructional time. Certain…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (588+ words) Presley Holland Freeman is a North Carolina mother with two young children and also a full-time preschool teacher. She wanted to complete an undergraduate degree in psychology so she could go on to become a school counselor. But that goal…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (737+ words) Carolina Journal is a non-partisan news service of the John Locke Foundation, committed to the highest level of journalistic quality, following the facts wherever they lead. Our coverage is delivered from a free-market, limited government perspective, with the interests of…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (483+ words) If you were tasked with making North Carolina public schools the best in the nation, it might be tempting to throw everything but the kitchen sink into your plan. But what begins as a clear mission soon becomes a sprawling,…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago  (817+ words) Last week, a Gaston County judge dismissed fraud and conspiracy claims brought by Prisha Mosley, a young North Carolina woman who says experimental gender-transition treatments caused her permanent harm. Mosley alleged her providers misled her about the consequences of puberty…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (736+ words) A record one in three students now holds some level of acceptance, even if only "rarely," for resorting to violence to stop a campus speech." FIRE is a non-profit, civil liberties group that aims to advocate for and educate on…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (434+ words) I am not much of a weeper. But a recent survey of American schoolchildren is testing my stoic disposition. Only 36% of 13-year-olds say they read for fun at least once a week. Back in 1984, the year I graduated high school,…...