The war on charter schools continues. An opinion piece by Ferrell Guillory, Vice Chairman of EducationNC and a professor at UNC School of Media and Journalism, was recently ... Keep Reading
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Cooper thinks charter schools promote segregation
On Friday, December 21st Gov. Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 469, a technical corrections bill which among other things, would have made municipal charter school employees eligible for ... Keep Reading
When sounding good is not enough
The North Carolina Senate and the House have now approved legislation that allows four municipalities in Mecklenburg County to create their own charter schools. Since the ... Keep Reading
Charter schools and segregation: the myth that deprives African-Americans of educational excellence
Charter schools segregate students. That’s a claim public school advocates in North Carolina and nationally continue to make (see here and here) . They spout the nonsense in ... Keep Reading
Charter Schools: What the News & Observer Gets Wrong
Raleigh News & Observer reporters Jane Stancill, Lynn Bonner and David Raynor recently authored a number of lengthy and highly critical articles on public charter schools in ... Keep Reading
Who’s Really For Sale?
School choice critics claim that choice puts students up “for sale” But big businesses profit handsomely from the government education establishment, often as a result from ... Keep Reading
North Carolina: The School Choice State?
School choice has changed the educational landscape in North Carolina Where offered, school choice options have grown and expanded. Since 2006-07, 72 percent of K-12 ... Keep Reading
Do charter schools make a difference?
Anyone watching the nation's education landscape is aware of the growth of charter schools in NYC. The success of charters has been an embarrassment to NYC public schools and has ... Keep Reading
Support for NC charter schools remains strong; despite disappointing results from national poll
Some of the best polling on national education issues is done by the journal Education Next. Results from the annual Education Next Poll on School Reform were released earlier ... Keep Reading
Research: charter schools improve public schools
You’ve heard the claims: charter schools take money and resources from public schools, have little accountability and don’t perform as well as their public school ... Keep Reading
