Doug Turpin has a personal story about how a school can change its values quickly, without parents being fully apprised.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will not bypass an intermediate court's consideration of two parents' lawsuit against a Charlotte private school. Doug and Nicole Turpin accuse Charlotte Latin of expelling their children to retaliate against criticism of changes in the school's focus.
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 2:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new court filing from two parents alleges that Charlotte Latin School "hatched a plan" to expel their two children after the parents questioned the school's operations.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 12:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study from the Heritage Foundation finds that states with expansive school choice have lower private-school tuition rate increases than states without school choice.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two groups representing private schools back Charlotte Latin at the N.C. Court of Appeals in the school's dispute with parents of two expelled students.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 10:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A report by the left-wing North Carolina Justice Center claims to have uncovered 61 instances of private schools receiving more funds from the Opportunity Scholarship Program than they have students enrolled.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight what he called “the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina,” attacking the “unaccountable private school vouchers for the wealthy
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Cooper is warning others to oppose the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program because he thinks private schools lack accountability
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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America’s largest private school accreditation agency teamed up with an organization that encourages child transgenderism to host an online teacher training conference.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 3:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In the wake of the shooting at a private religious school in Nashville, Tennessee, that left three children and three adults dead, some leaders of religious schools in North Carolina feel uneasy about the safety of their own schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 6:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents of two students expelled from the Charlotte Latin private school are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against the school. The parents complain about a "political" shift at the school in 2021.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sixteen private schools in Durham and Cumberland counties are seeking more than $25,000 from the plaintiffs and lawyers in a recently dismissed lawsuit targeting Opportunity Scholarships.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Opponents of school choice claim that private schools are unaccountable because they don’t have to satisfy every testing mandate required of traditional public schools, yet private schools are subject to the highest standard of accountability: parents
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents fighting diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities at a Charlotte private school are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take their case.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman sends at least one of his children to a private school with a five-figure tuition despite opposing voucher programs, according to a Friday report from The Washington Free Beacon.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 9:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Massachusetts Catholic bishop who has denounced a local Catholic private school for flying the Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags has now prohibited it from identifying itself as a Catholic school and banned it from using the title “Catholic” to describe itself.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 2:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A private school in Washington D.C. that pushes social activism and charges roughly $40,000 per year for children in their kindergarten program held a march where the kindergartners carried protest signs and chanted “Black Lives Matter.”
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 7:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Public Schools in N.C. Lose Students to Private, Charter, Home Schools
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics of educational freedom increasingly use the threat of privatization to shine a negative spotlight on school choice programs.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Barnini Chakraborty writes for the Washington Examiner about an interesting education development.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The head of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, is panicked that the policies of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will trigger parents to pluck their children out of public schools, where Weingarten can spread their leftist messaging, and place them in private schools.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 7:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus recession, the Great Lockdown, and the Great Suppression are all terms used to describe the global economic downturn produced by COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is kicking off National School Choice Week with a talk from Robert Luddy, the creator of several charter and private schools in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Opponents of school choice in North Carolina are attacking the curricula in private schools
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you ask the average person about private schools, most will say they are expensive and cost more to attend than traditional public schools
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 9:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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N.C. State University professors Anna Egalite and Stephen Porter find new recipients of Opportunity Scholarships scored significantly higher than their public school counterparts in math, reading, and language arts.
Published: Sunday, July 8th, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recent study by the League of Women Voters reported "77 percent of private schools receiving vouchers are using curricula that do not comply with state standards, leaving many students unprepared for college-level coursework or careers in certain fields."
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 8:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A good percentage of North Carolinians think charter schools are private schools
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2017 @ 12:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last Thursday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation to significantly expand the state’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Account program
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 8:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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