The timeline for identifying and selecting a school to be included in the Innovative School District is too short, the vice chair of the State Board of Education said Wednesday, Dec. 5
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wayne County Public School officials haven't welcomed the Innovative School District's decision to recommend Carver Heights Elementary with open arms
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2018 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education in a 7-5 vote agreed Thursday, Nov. 1, to delay for another month a decision on whether to approve the recommendation of Carver Heights Elementary to the Innovative School District
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carver Heights Elementary in Goldsboro might be the next school to join the Innovative School District if the State Board of Education approves the recommendation
Published: Saturday, October 20th, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. School Board Association and school districts are suing several state agencies to extend a 2008 court order
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers who want to see more bang for North Carolina's education bucks ought to consider shifting more spending decisions to the local level
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2016, the General Assembly passed a bill that created the Achievement School District — later changed to the Innovative School District or ISD — which was tasked to coordinate the transfer of up to five persistently low-performing district schools to a charter school operator
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2018 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers aren't likely to split up North Carolina's largest school districts any time soon
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether the size of a school district has any effect on academic performance or cost efficiency is unclear, because the research isn't conclusive, UNC-Chapel Hill representatives told a legislative committee
Published: Sunday, April 8th, 2018 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite concerns from a handful of members, the State Board of Education voted April 5 to let Achievement for All Children operate the first Innovative School District school
Published: Saturday, April 7th, 2018 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units took a detour from talking about district size to explore innovative programs across the state
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Southside Ashpole Elementary is one step closer to having an Innovative School District operator
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 11:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A committee studying school district divisions has raised more questions so far than it has answered.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The landmark Leandro case may be short one defendant if a Superior Court judge grants the State Board of Education's motion to withdraw from the case
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Southside Ashpole Elementary will have to wait before learning who will run the school as part of the Innovative School District
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Public Schools of Robeson County voted unanimously Jan. 9 to approve Southside Ashpole Elementary School for transfer to the Innovative School District
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Robeson Should Welcome Help from NC's Innovative School District
Published: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 1:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve Southside Ashpole Elementary School as the first to join the Innovative School District in 2018-19
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 7:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Innovative School District plans to recommend Southside Ashpole Elementary in Rowland as the first school to take part in the program, beginning with the 2018-19 school year
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The list of schools eligible for the Innovative School District program just got a little smaller. Six schools remain as officials led by ISD Superintendent Eric Hall narrowed the list of schools eligible for the new program starting in the 2018-19 school year.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 7:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In September, North Carolinians will know which low-performing elementary schools will be considered for the Innovative School District in 2018 and be turned over to charter school operators
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservatives Should Support Achievement Districts
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2016 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While teacher pay raises headlined education issues during North Carolina's 2016-17 legislative session, several other key policy changes were packed into the K-12 agenda, including measures that will provide performance-based bonuses for top educators across the state
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Representative Rob Bryan first proposed the idea of Achievement School Districts it seemed, at first, a pretty radical concept, but after a year of discussion we've not heard many alternatives put forward
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 9:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The House is scheduled to consider special school reform bill today, HB 1080. Rep. Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg) is championing legislation focused on giving our state more tools to help failing schools
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 7:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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By a 60-49 vote, the state House on Thursday passed a bill that would temporarily remove five of North Carolina's lowest-performing public schools from their districts, placing them instead under the supervision of an Achievement School District
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 6:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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A state House committee on Wednesday looked at some of the successes and pitfalls neighboring Tennessee's Achievement School District has experienced as lawmakers pondered ways to turn around some of the state's worst performing schools.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has asked Attorney General Roy Cooper to protect local school districts by joining South Carolina and signing on to an amicus brief in the case of G. G. v. Gloucester County School Board. In this case, the Obama Administration has joined with the ACLU in an attempt to force...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:42 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Last week, the NC Department of Public Instruction released financial data for the 2014-15 school year. In the table below, I included per pupil expenditure figures and (composite) grade-level math and reading proficiency percentages for students in grades 3-8.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Rob Bryan plans to introduce legislation creating a pilot program transforming as many as five perpetually failing elementary schools into charter-like entities under a new Achievement School District with its own superintendent.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few weeks, debates in the North Carolina legislature have focused on the budget and the stark differences between the House and Senate versions. This week I would like to discuss more of the politics of the budget process and what that means for spending measures.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of the state's most powerful lawmakers are perplexed that their education reform bill passed unanimously in the House but immediately was assigned to the Senate's Ways and Means Committee, a graveyard for legislation.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina students no longer would be required to take final exams under a bill passed by the House 116-2 on Tuesday, with supporters of House Bill 248 saying the tests vary from district-to-district, making it impossible to compare results across district lines.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2015 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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