Displaying items by tag: charter schools
Anti-school choice group gives N.C. ‘F’ for expanding educational freedom
RALEIGH — A national anti-school-choice group gives North Carolina an “F” grade and ranked the state 46th out of 50 because of its expansive educational opportunity programs.
Civitas poll: 61% of likely voters back N.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program
RALEIGH — Support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program stands at 61%, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely voters presented by the John Locke Foundation.
Study: Dem-backed bill could slash charter school student funding
RALEIGH — A new study from researchers at the University of Arkansas and Western Carolina University finds that a Democrat-backed budget bill pending in Congress would slash an average of $1,131 per student in resources for charter schools.
OPINION: Try this one weird trick to get politics out of education
Over the last two years — since the New York Times introduced its 1619 Project to "reframe the country's history" around the consequences of slavery — something called "Critical Race Theory" has become the new football in the never-ending political struggle to control the content of K-12 education in America.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Protect charter school students' civil liberties
Families’ fight against a discriminatory dress code will continue, but a court ruling in the case could have earth-shattering implications for students in North Carolina’s public charter schools.
Congress seeks to cut $40 million from charter schools, impose new regulations
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years.
Graduate of one of N.C.’s first charter schools comes full circle
ARAPAHOE — Tim Taylor could scarcely have imagined when he began attending Arapahoe Charter School in 1997, that he would one day come full circle and send his own sons there decades later.
Advocates mark 25th anniversary of N.C. charter schools law
RALEIGH — Twenty-five years ago this week the Tar Heel State legalized the creation of public charter schools. School choice advocates came together in Raleigh on Tuesday, June 22, to celebrate the milestone and highlight the impact of charter schools on families and students during the last quarter-century.
Bill to penalize tardy payments to charter schools moves forward
RALEIGH — The state Senate’s main education committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize N.C. school systems for late payments to charter schools.
House bill would expand access to Opportunity Scholarships
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s lawmakers are moving to advance school choice.
