Building a Strong Educational Future: National School Choice Week
This week is National School Choice Week, where people across the country are celebrating the many educational options available. Here in North Carolina, we are blessed to have over: 2,700 public schools 800 private schools 200 charter schools 10 magnet schools In addition to these, we have a number of online schools and close to 100,000 […]
Your Kids Are Back at School, Now What?
If you are a parent, you likely dedicated a substantial amount of time in August getting your children ready for the first day of the new school year, including back-to-school shopping and figuring out the bus schedule—if your student rides the bus. But now that kids are back in school, what’s next? NC Family recently […]
“What did you learn today?” An increasingly important question—especially for parents
With everything going on in our society and culture, there are plenty of reasons for parents to worry about their children’s education. As the primary educators of our children, we have to be involved in their education. As ideologies like Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) gain increased footholds in both […]
POV: The Rights Side of Parenting
“With great power comes great responsibility.” This line can be traced in various forms to former leaders like Winston Churchill, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, and more recently, Spider-Man. Most often, we see negative outcomes when the rights and freedoms we enjoy are exercised by people who do not also recognize the responsibility and duty commensurate […]
What Is (and Is Not) In the Parents’ Bill of Rights
The North Carolina Senate passed SB 49–Parents’ Bill of Rights on Tuesday, February 7. As the bill was considered in the Senate Education/Higher Education, Health Care, and Rules committees, many testified in opposition, but clearly misunderstood what the bill would actually do. Proponents pointed out that the bill primarily outlines and clarifies the rights that […]
2023 Session Summary – Two Weeks In…
The North Carolina General Assembly is finishing its second week of the 2023 Legislative Session, and it has been a relatively busy start to the session. The following is a select listing of key bills that have been introduced and/or acted on thus far. SB 49 – Parents’ Bill of Rights SB 49—Parents’ Bill of […]
Parents’ Bill of Rights Passes NC Senate
This afternoon, the N.C. Senate passed SB 49, more commonly known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, on a party-line vote of 29-18, with all Republicans voting for the bill and all Democrats voting against it. Last week, SB 49 passed both the Senate Education/Higher Education and the Senate Health Care Committees, where NC Family testified […]
Parents’ Bill of Rights Moves Forward in NC Senate
(UPDATE: On Thursday morning, February 2, the N.C. Senate Health Care Committee approved SB 49. The bill now proceeds to the Senate Rules Committee for consideration.) Earlier today (Wed., Feb. 1), the N.C. Senate Education/Higher Education Committee considered and approved SB 49—Parents’ Bill of Rights, a bill designed to affirm, strengthen, and protect the rights […]
POV: You Cannot “Drag” My Kids Away
“[A]n angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’” (Mt 2:13) Although Christmas seems like a distant memory now, I […]