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Town officials are concerned after receiving multiple complaints from faculty at Galilee's School for the Blind this week after Jesus of Nazareth apparently went on a healing spree and decimated the school's enrollment.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 10:34 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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A new report ranks North Carolina fifth in the nation for number of new charter school enrollments during the pandemic.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 9:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Catholic schools staying open during the pandemic helped to alleviate learning loss in children.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Both options have enrollment that compares with some of the state's largest districts.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gauging the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on K-12 enrollment and instruction is no small task.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 @ 11:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A small Texas school district with an enrollment of roughly 1200 is now permitting some of the teachers to carry firearms to protect the students.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Loudoun County School Board (LCPS), which has been harshly criticized by parents for its policies, is now asking the state to make sure the county’s school funding is not cut despite dropping enrollment “due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2021 @ 4:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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Slow school reopening, dropping enrollment, and union influence on health policy may mean new energy for the school choice movement
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public school systems in the Tar Heel State are experiencing the highest declines in student enrollment in decades.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 has had a serious impact on schools across the state.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 4:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I commend the Charter Schools Advisory Board (CSAB) for unanimously recommending to the State Board of Education (SBE) that our two statewide virtual public charter schools be permitted to temporarily expand enrollment.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 11:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC Virtual Academy charter school has asked the State Board of Education to grant an enrollment increase of up to 20%.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Coronavirus has put the brakes on a once booming state and national economy.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 8:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would allow a low-performing virtual charter school to add students.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 5:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite low performance, NC Virtual Academy may get to raise its enrollment by 20% after the House approved legislation granting the enrollment growth.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Homeschool enrollment hasn't topped the charts just yet. But at the rate it's growing, it's only a matter of time.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina continues to see growth in homeschooling, charter schools, and private schools, a recent report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction says.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 10:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, May 8, sparred over a pair of school choice bills that would expand eligibility for private school vouchers and lift the enrollment cap on virtual charter schools.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At the end of the 2010-11 school year, the state had 99 charter schools that enrolled around 41,200 children, and thousands of children remained on waitlists, hoping to be among the lucky few selected in an enrollment lottery.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2019 @ 4:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week the News & Observer reported that Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) grew by a mere 42 students
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 2:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As elementary and secondary schools open their doors across North Carolina for the 2018-19 academic year, the cumulative effects of some 20 years of school-choice initiatives are impossible to miss
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the heart of Tuesday’s school choice rally, organized by the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools, was a celebration of student achievement through educational opportunity
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Complacency Puts N.C. Charter School Movement At Risk
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ed School Enrollment and the Limits of Public Policy
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Of the 25 members on Gov. Roy Cooper's Teacher Advisory Committee, not one teaches at a charter school - even though enrollment at charters has surpassed the six-digit mark
Published: Thursday, August 24th, 2017 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teacher education will be a hot-button issue in North Carolina's gubernatorial race this year. Democrats accuse Republicans of disrespecting the teaching profession and thus discouraging college-bound students from pursuing education as a course of study
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 5:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's public schools rely on a steady stream of out-of-state teachers to fill hard-to-staff positions and meet the demands of student enrollment growth
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 12:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake County Public Schools are growing at a slower rate than expected, and the reasons for this trend illuminate the growing gap between what the traditional public schools offer and what many parents want for their children.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In Part 1, we looked at Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) enrollment as an indicator of the growing gap between the educational options now available at the traditional public schools and the options parents actually want for their children
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:02 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The truth is that education school enrollment is dropping nationwide. According to the latest Title II reports published by the U.S. Department of Education, there was a 30 percent drop in education school enrollment between the 2008-09 and 2012-13 school years. Nearly 110,000 fewer students...
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Making progress on the establishment of two new schools, an enrollment of 30,000 students and the largest fundraising campaign in school history are among East Carolina University's priorities for this academic year, according to Chancellor Steve Ballard.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 12:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Homeschooling reached a milestone in North Carolina in the 2014-15 school year. The number of students enrolled in homeschools in the state topped 100,000
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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