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 | 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...
by admin | Mar 30, 2014 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
Edville, USA – The hue and cry for our schools to produce students who are “21st Century Globally Competitive” now stretches from sea to shining sea across our great nation. The permutations on this theme are numerous and include such variations as “globally...
by admin | Jun 30, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US
For many years, North Carolina’s public schools have lagged far behind the national average in college-bound SAT scores. Since 1998, however, that gap has steadily shrunk in direct proportion to the number of students enrolled in charter schools. By 2012, the...
by admin | May 1, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
As a longtime supporter of charter schools, I am relieved to watch bi-partisan legislators as they assist this popular and proven system for school improvement and further enhance it as a force for strengthening public education for all children in North Carolina....
by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - US
Background: After the Declaration of Independence created the 13 independent states, The Articles of Confederation began being drafted shortly afterward in 1776. Finally ratified in 1781, many recognized that the central government was too weak. In 1786, a...
