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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Critics of charter schools argue school-choice programs, like charter schools, siphon money and resources from traditional public schools.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, Natalie Hopkinson of Howard University wrote a piece for Huffington Post suggesting that school choice was - you guessed it - racist.
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After some debate, a bill that would allow five of North Carolina's lowest-performing schools to be taken over by the state as part of a major rehabilitation effort passed on May 25 in the House Committee for K-12 Education
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tennessee lawmakers will vote Feb. 11 on the Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act, a law that would allow parents of low-income students to use up to $6,628 of public money to attend private school.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education will consider again in February a proposal enabling failing traditional public schools to apply for an exemption easing some state regulations so they can operate more like charter schools.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's keynote address at N.C. Central University's 125th commencement ceremony illustrated what is wrong with the liberal stranglehold on higher education, or properly embraces an emerging social paradigm, likely depends on your own politics.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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