by admin | Mar 31, 2016 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from Judge Thomas’ Feb. 13, 2001 Boyer lecture at the American Enterprise Institute’s Annual Dinner. His lecture was entitled “Be Not Afraid,” and he addresses our tendency for self-censorship. “This tendency [for self-censorship],...
by admin | Mar 20, 2016 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Uncategorized
If a tree falls in the forest and no media carries the story, did the tree really fall? If public charter students test the highest and no media carries the story, did the public charter students really test the highest? In disaggregating official state test results...
by admin | Jan 30, 2016 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
In acknowledgement of National School Choice Week, the following evaluates North Carolina’s public charter school option. What are public charter schools? What is their academic record? Who are their students? Information compiled directly from North Carolina...
by admin | Jan 23, 2016 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
According to official state data, how do public charter students compare to public traditional students on state End-of Grade tests? The NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has released the raw data for each public school’s end-of-grade test results. DPI also...
by admin | Dec 19, 2015 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Uncategorized
In a fit of legislative hocus-pocus, the same Perdue regime which left NC $3.5 billion in debt and cut funding to schools passed Senate Bill 704[i] in the twilight hours of 100 years of Democrat control in May, 2010. The 553-word SB704, with an ungainly 248-word...
by admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
Abstract When free-enterprise solutions are unleashed in a competitive environment controlled by local parental choice not remote bureaucratic dictates, both students and taxpayers win. A charter school in Southeastern North Carolina has a 15-year time-tested model...
