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Operators of a Brunswick County charter school challenge arguments from the federal government's top lawyer in a case under consideration at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In July, the U.S. Department of Education imposed new rules that school choice advocates say will have a negative impact on public charter schools.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
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 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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The N.C. Senate passed a bill Monday, Aug. 9, that would make two updates to the state's charter school law.
Published: Sunday, August 29th, 2021 @ 5:47 pm
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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“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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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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Four towns in Mecklenburg County can open and run their own charter schools apart from the local board of education
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School safety, charter schools, and teacher pay headline K-12 issues for Republican and Democratic lawmakers during the N.C. General Assembly's 2018 short session
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A controversial Oct. 15 resolution passed by the national board of the NAACP calling for a nationwide moratorium on public charter schools has led some North Carolina lawmakers and school-choice advocates to question whether the NAACP is more beholden to powerful lobbies
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 9:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Charter schools increase segregation - that's the flawed conclusion of a recent National Bureau of Economic Research report by three Duke University Professors: Helen Ladd, Charles Clotfelter and John Holbein.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2015 @ 1:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State legislators should be congratulated for eliminating the 100-school cap on charters and tweaking the charter school law over the last four years. North Carolina's charter school community is thriving thanks to their work.
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after signing charter school legislation into law.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: Christopher Maye
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An grass-roots group that backs school choice has asked the state Senate to shift $20 million it targeted for film incentives toward vouchers that would help low-income children attend private schools.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on Senate Bill 793, which makes several modifications to existing charter school laws
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 1:17 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Demand for new charter schools in the Tar Heel State has surged following the enactment of a bill approved by the N.C. General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bev Perdue in 2011 that lifted the 100-school cap.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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