The latest list of top high schools as published by U.S. News and World Reports has eight public charter schools among the top 25 high schools in North Carolina. The list was compiled based on data for nearly 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Here are the eight schools making the...
Current funding levels deprive too many families the means to secure a better future for their children.
Critics of North Carolina's new school grades ignore the fact that many low-income schools stand out as potential examples for their struggling counterparts.
Critics protest too much, since parents in other states have seen that letter grades offer a good tool for assessing schools’ performance.
A recent ranking reminds us that we can’t solve public schools’ problems by throwing more money at them.
RALEIGH — Representatives of district, charter, private, virtual, and home schools all helped the John Locke Foundation celebrate National School Choice Week during a breakfast panel discussion in Raleigh. Prior to watching “The Ticket,” a school choice-promoting film developed by Bob Bowdon of Choice Media, the panel offered their snapshot assessments of the state of school choice today in North Carolina.
North Carolina state government takes on a larger-than-average share of school expenses compared to the rest of the country.
Parents want more, not fewer, alternatives to traditional district schools that fail too many students.
Debate about a Wake County school board ethics policy raises questions about secret sessions.
RALEIGH — Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment. That’s a key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report.
WASHINGTON — The national uproar over a Hoke County 4-year-old’s recent encounter with government-paid preschool lunch monitors has prompted two members of the N.C. congressional delegation to fire off a letter expressing “strong concern” to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
