These are troubling times for private schools. The COVID-19 pandemic has already forced the closure of 57 private schools across the country and displaced over 7,900 students. And ... Keep Reading
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Want to help the public schools? Help families with children in private schools
It will be a fall unlike any in our lifetime. North Carolina must learn to live with a pandemic and its aftermath. Many questions hang over the reopening of schools this fall. One ... Keep Reading
Student migration: estimating the local cost of yet more coronavirus fallout
A slowing economy creates many challenges for families and schools, public and private alike. The migration of students from private to public schools or the closure of private ... Keep Reading
Is it time to reset on public education in North Carolina?
Opponents of school choice can be an angry lot. Their list of grievances is long; they contend school choice siphons funds from the public schools, leads to a re-segregation of ... Keep Reading
Rich Hypocrite Gene Nichol Went to Private School; Wants to Deny Low-Income NC Families Same Choices
Gene Nichol, head of the John Edwards -founded UNC Poverty Center, wrote an article in the N&O over the weekend criticizing and demeaning efforts to expand educational options ... Keep Reading
SBE vision statement raises red flags for choice supporters
Yesterday the State Board of Education distributed its Vision Statement on Public Education. For the most part, the two page document contained no surprises. It included lots of ... Keep Reading
More Fear Mongering from Opponents of School Choice
Critics of school choice have long contended that policies that increase private, charter or home school enrollment will siphon public students and ultimately dollars from the ... Keep Reading
N&O case against education tax credits ignores logic and evidence
This morning’s News & Observer editorial page a pours cold water on incoming House majority leader, Paul Stam’s longstanding proposal to give tuition tax credits to parents who ... Keep Reading
Where is the educational diversity?
This morning’s Wake Ed blog raises concerns about the steady drop in Wake County Public Schools market share of the county’s school-age children. According to the article, Wake ... Keep Reading
