North Carolina charter schools could offer virtual instruction under a bill passed March 7 by the House.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 8:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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So you want the skinny on the state budget and K-12 education? Here’s a quick take:. The budget proposes. $11.2 billion for K-12 public education, an increase of $352 million over last year and the twelfth consecutive budget increase since 2011.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Gov. Roy Cooper owns this. He owns the coronavirus response and everything that will follow.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 7:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 4:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education rejected a unanimous recommendation from the state’s Charter School Advisory Board to let 3,800 more students enroll at the state’s two virtual charter academies.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 12:12 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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Follow the money, the saying goes.
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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A recent EdChoice poll indicates that parents are worried about their children getting exposed to coronavirus at school.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As most N.C. public schools prepared to open a new academic year, teachers have temporarily lost access to a key diagnostic tool to evaluate students’ reading skills.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 3:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Education officials and lawmakers are scrambling to prevent the lay-offs of 220 teachers at the N.C. Virtual Public School during the upcoming fall semester.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2019 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Governor Roy Cooper took action on two pieces of legislation today. He signed SB 290 ABC Regulatory Reform Bill, and vetoed SB 392 Various Charter School Changes.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 9:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 8:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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The 2017-18 school performance grades are in, and it’s mixed bag of good news and bad. Meanwhile, education leaders continue to promise improvements in academic performance
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers want to give virtual charter schools more time to improve student performance as the four year pilot program nears completion
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do Charlotte's Charter Schools Segregate?
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 5:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before becoming the board chair of N.C. Connections Academy, Bridget Phifer was a parent of a student enrolled in the virtual charter school
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2017 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers and education scholars Monday night debated whether the state should sharpen its focus when overseeing tax-funded charter and private schools
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jacob’s New Address: A School of Choice
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2017 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic challenger Linda Coleman repeatedly attempted Tuesday night to paint a dismal picture of public education in North Carolina, but Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest countered with a list of Republican spending increases and expanded school choice options that he said put the state on the right
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a report (PDF) published by the NC Department of Public Instruction, 79,575, or 5.2 percent, of North Carolina's public school students attend a charter school in North Carolina this year.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that the North Carolina General Assembly has convened its 2015 session, let's look at what legislators have done over the last four years to improve our public schools and consider what they still have to do.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 12:04 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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As the result of actions taken during the 2014 legislative short session, the school year begins with more money for teachers, more students attending schools of their choice, and more focus on what is happening in the classroom.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators have raised teacher pay, set aside money for potential Medicaid cost overruns, and made a major positive change in the state budget process.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Are teachers receiving a pay increase?
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have numerous pieces of legislation, including the state budget, on my radar, but here are a few key ones.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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