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Posts by heather

Most Vouchers Going to Students Already in Private Scho...

On June 4, staff at the Department of Public Instruction presented their report on Opportunity Scholarship voucher use for 2024-25 to the State Board of Education.  According to data they shared from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (administrators of the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program), only 6,710 of the 80,325 students who received taxpayer […]

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Tax-Funded Vouchers Boost Private School Tuiti...

The 2024-25 school year was the first year that North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship taxpayer-funded private school voucher program became universally available. For the first time, all families could apply to receive a tuition subsidy regardless of income or whether their child had ever attended a public school. This policy change marked a striking shift in […]

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71 Years Later and State-Funded Segregation Continu...

On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark  Brown v. Board of Education that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. While the ruling did catalyze massive changes throughout the nation, including helping to propel the civil rights movement, the full potential […]

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NC House Lowers Math Requiremen...

In another blow to public schools, a majority of House members voted on May 7 to lower the high school mathematics graduation requirements for all public schools. Because the new, lower standards fall below the minimum admissions requirements for UNC system schools, the bill also directs the UNC Board of Governors to lower its standards […]

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