Homeschool students excel beyond their peers in private, charter, and public schools on the Classic Learning Test, according to a rigorous standardized college entrance exam oriented toward classically educated students.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 7:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Since the pandemic, the sizable growth of public charter schools in North Carolina shows that parents want different choices for their children's education.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A coalition of charter-school advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new restrictions on charter schools imposed by the Biden administration
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 4:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, along with the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and the Islam and Religious Liberty Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, filed an amicus brief in support of Charter Day School in Brunswick County, North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2022 @ 8:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation urges the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case called Charter Day School v. Peltier. It could protect charter schools from harmful government interference.
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 @ 11:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Highlights the Work of NCCash.com, Gives Lesson on Government to Students
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses a new charter school proposed for Garner. The Wake County Public School System opposes the school. Stoops offered these comments during a Sept. 14, 2022, report on WRAL.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 10:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Brunswick County charter school operator is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision to strike down the school's student dress code.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2022 @ 1:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Wake Forest in the town's legal dispute over a new charter school.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2022 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On July 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced the new rules for the federal Charter Schools Program.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 11:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed a bill to shore up processes and regulations surrounding the creation and operation of virtual public and charter schools.
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 2:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 10-6 vote, rejects a rule requiring skirts for female students at a Brunswick County charter school.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 7:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I strongly oppose proposed rules that would impose onerous and ultimately harmful requirements for competitive grants under the federal Charter Schools Program.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tennessee GOP Governor Bill Lee is fighting back against the rampant leftism purveyed in the educational community across the country by inviting famed conservative institution Hillsdale College
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 6:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Court of Appeals delivered a blow Tuesday to a lawsuit against a 2018 state law allowing some towns to sponsor charter schools. The Appeals Court vacated a trial judge’s order that would have allowed the lawsuit to move forward.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public Schools in N.C. Lose Students to Private, Charter, Home Schools
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has ruled against the former Kinston Charter Academy and its leader in a dispute involving state funding tied to inflated enrollment projections.
Published: Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the President of the United States and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom reaffirm their commitment to work together to realise our vision for a more peaceful and prosperous future.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A federal lawsuit challenging a North Carolina charter school’s dress code will head back to a trial court.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 4:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2021 @ 3:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Friday, July 9th, 2021 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“How do you define freedom in one word? The answer to that is choice,” Tim Taylor, Arapahoe Charter School alumni.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Senate’s main education committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize N.C. school systems for late payments to charter schools.
Published: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Claims that public charter schools encourage segregation grow louder every day.
Published: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the waning hours of crossover week, the N.C. House passed a bill to open new funding sources and add flexibility to charter schools.
Published: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NCACC encourages you to contact your House Members(s) today to ask them to support an amendment to House Bill 729 Charter School Omnibus to eliminate a provision that would give counties authority to provide capital appropriations to charter schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nine of the top schools in North Carolina are, technically, schools of choice, according to recently released rankings of the best schools in the country.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 9:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Charter school leaders in North Carolina are urging incoming U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to continue federal support and protection for charters moving forward.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Some N.C. state lawmakers want local public school systems to pay a penalty if they drag their feet in sending money to charter schools.
Published: Thursday, April 1st, 2021 @ 8:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected 17 school districts and 11 charter schools to participate in a pilot program to deploy COVID-19 rapid testing in K-12 public schools where any in-person instruction is happening.
Published: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public interest in charter schools is higher than ever in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our analysis shows that student cohorts in the charter sector made greater gains from 2005 to 2017 than did cohorts in the district sector.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past decade school choice has expanded across North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 3:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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