Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.
Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.
Last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court threw out a three-decade-old legal framework that required the state to ensure the poorest school districts have the same type of opportunities that the wealthiest have. This latest decision in the Leandro case effectively removes judicial enforcement of the state’s constitu…