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Join us for a timely conversation with scholars Dr. Rachel White (University of Texas at Austin) and Dr. Rebecca Jacobsen (Michigan State University). We will review the research of Dr. White, co-author of a new study, “The Costs of Conflict: The Fiscal Impact of Culturally Divisive Conflict on Public Schools in the United States,” and […]
The North Carolina General Assembly officially started its 2025-26 biennium session on Wednesday, January 8. This year—the first in the two-year cycle—features the legislative long session, which is scheduled to run through June. If all goes well, the next two-year budget will be in place in time for the July 1 start of the 2025-26 […]
This week the NC House majority voted along party lines to override Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 382. Although the bill’s title includes the words “disaster relief,” it contains no substantive relief for Western North Carolina. Only $2 million of the $227 million earmarked in the bill for disaster relief was allocated (for technical […]
Diane Ravitch’s closing remarks after her discussion with Josh Cowen about his new book, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers, last Saturday contrasted what should be happening to what’s actually happening in North Carolina and across the nation. “We should have smaller class sizes, we should have better paid […]
