Charter School Bill Would Lift Cap
For years, advocates of charter schools have pressed legislators to pass a law that would allow more charters to operate in North Carolina. The schools» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleHow Charter Schools Are Changing Public Education
Seventy new charter schools have applied to become part of North Carolina’s growing population of alternative public schools. For the longest time, the» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleProposed Board Splits Charter Advocates
Charter schools have been around in North Carolina for about a decade and a half, and for most of that time, the relationship between charters and» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Tipping Point: Arapahoe Charter, Pamlico Schools, And ‘Choice’ In Rural NC
This is a story about choice. And it starts in the lunch line at Arapahoe Charter School in Pamlico County when students choose between pizza and french» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleNorth Carolina Charter School Expansion
Next year, 26 new charter schools will open their doors to students in North Carolina. An additional 170 groups filed initial applications to open charter» E-Mail This
View ArticleSchool Renovation Helps East Durham Revitalization
There’s a section of East Durham undergoing major revitalization, and in the middle of it all is the oldest existing school building in the city. But» E-Mail This
View ArticleWill PACE Academy Make The Grade? Charter Serving Special Needs Kids Could...
When founders Jane Miller and Rhonda Franklin got the news that their charter school may not be around next year, they were overcome with the same...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNC Closer To Opening Its First-Ever Virtual Charter Schools
The state is closer to opening two virtual charter schools. A special committee on Wednesday cleared two applications of proposed charter schools that...
View ArticleWhy Some NC School Districts Want To Authorize Their Own Charter Schools
When North Carolina charter schools were first imagined in the mid 1990s, there were two big dreams: The first was to create something different, a...
View ArticleJ.B. Buxton's Journey In Education
J.B. Buxton began his career in education in an unlikely place: South Africa. As a Morehead Scholar from UNC, Buxton taught in a South African school...
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