Earlier today Bob wrote about the NC School Board Association’s jamboree of scare words. For-profit! Unelected! Out of state! Corporations! Surely we don’t want that kind of folk educating our children? The gist of their complaint seems to boil down to accountability. Charter school leadership is exempt from this and that requirement, and doesn’t answer [...]
NCSBA Slams Charter Schools
NC’s Charter School Law: Creating Two Public Education Systems.; that’s the title of a new publication from the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA). For those that didn’t already know, the title tells you all you need to know about NCSBA’s stance toward charters. NCSBA says the publication compares “laws and facts regarding local school [...]
Poll: North Carolinians want more charters and choice
A new poll by Washington-based Center for Education Reform shows North Carolinians want more school choice, more charter schools and more options for authorizing charter schools. Major findings include: 70 percent of respondents support the creation of new charter schools. Support for these options was strong across all demographic groups, but strongest with African -Americans [...]
NC Judge Perpetuates Monopoly on Education
School choice in North Carolina has taken a major hit. Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones recently barred a virtual charter school from operating. NC Learns, a non-profit organization, wanted to open a virtual charter school that planned to enroll almost 2,000 students across the state. The school in question, NC Virtual Academy, received approval from [...]
Be careful what you ask for….
Four of the Five County Commissioners in Durham County are asking the State Board of Education to stop approving charter schools until the General Assembly requires them to provide meals and transportation to underprivileged students. Aside from the motivations behind the Commissioner’s actions, I doubt the commissioners are aware that the statutes only authorize — [...]
