Every year, private schools across the nation commence for graduation ceremonies. Yet, if many of today’s progressive educators are to be believed, the ceremony they participate in ought to be abolished or sent underground. They wish for public schools to be the primary—and in some activists’ view, exclusive—vehicle for educating our youth. Indeed, whenever the...
While public schools wait for Gov. Roy Cooper to decide how classes will look this year, private schools are finalizing plans for reopening. Unlike traditional public schools, private schools — which aren’t subject to the same rules — have more leeway in deciding how to reopen. The state is requiring all school districts to develop...
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. The report shows more than 80,000 additional students have chosen an educational option beyond their locally assigned district school between 2008 and 2018. Parents cite a variety of reasons to seek...
John Hood on legacy of Gov. Jim Holshouser; House legislators debate film incentives; Senate legislators debate local smoking restrictions; voucher supporters explain their reasoning; Rick Henderson on law that limits state debt without voter approval
RALEIGH — “We are committed to each child feeling like they’re in the front row.” That was the vision shared by Judy Miller, the head of Raleigh’s Maas Jewish Community School. Hers is one of the newest nonpublic schools in the state, just starting its second year this fall. It is also one of the smallest; the 2004-2005 enrollment was 10 students.
