Legislation (HB 944) authorizing the Opportunity Scholarship Grant has been revised and is scheduled to be reintroduced in the House. The legislation, focused on expanding educational opportunity for parents and students was originally introduced in mid-April. The changes tighten the income eligibility guidelines for Opportunity Scholarship vouchers. Under the new bill, in the first year [...]
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Blowin’ Smoke
Yesterday the North Carolina House passed legislation (HB 718) that directs the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to study Common Core Standards. Included in the bill was language to study “the short and long-term educational, economic, and regulatory impact of those changes on our teachers, administrators, schools, parents communities and state” as well as study [...]
Two NC Schools Make Newsweek “Best” list
Congratulations to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and Raleigh Charter School. Both schools were included in Newsweek’s 2013 list of America’s Best High Schools. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham placed 23rd while Raleigh Charter School was ranked 40th on the list of more than 2,000 high schools. [...]
WCPSS gets out the message — and a little more
C’mon most of us feel exactly like that little girl in the video when we learn that Wake County Schools are cancelled for the day…You won’t feel like dancing however when you learn what a “team of communicators” from WCPSS is doing — on your dime — while those decisions are being made. Find out [...]
Thousands gather in Greensboro to support school choice.
Last night nearly 3,000 students and families from across North Carolina gathered at the War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro to hear speakers and legislators and to voice their support for school choice (See press accounts here and here). The rally comes one week after the introduction of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, (HB 944). The bill, expands [...]
