The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution May 14 celebrating the 20th anniversary of National Charter School Week. National Charter School Week runs from May 12 to May 18 and celebrates the more than 7,000 public charter schools across the…
Raleigh Charter High School is one of the top schools in the country, but it’s not what one would call a typical public school. The school doesn’t have a cafeteria or an auditorium. Students don’t have a gym or sports facilities, though students can still participate in…
We got lucky. By we I mean my family, which includes my wife and twin boys, who are now 16. They have never attended a traditional public school. They haven’t attended a private school, either. But that’s the great thing about freedom…
Quite apart from the salutary effects of fitting individual students to the schools best suited for them, competition improves the quality of education provided.
The Civitas Institute, a conservative public policy organization, has released its annual school choice poll, just in time for National School Choice Week. The results of the poll suggest a majority of North Carolina voters approve of school…
Happy National School Choice Week! Today at noon, the John Locke Foundation will host Mike Long, President of Parents For Educational Freedom in NC, to discuss the quest to empower families in North Carolina with the freedom to choose an education that best meets the needs of their child. …
National School Choice Week began in 2011 and ever since then, thousands of events across the country have celebrated choice and educational opportunities. This year, NSCW runs from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26. North Carolina has slightly more than 1,000 events and activities…
More than two-thirds of likely voters back letting parent use tax dollars to send children to the public or private school which best fits their needs, a new poll shows. The 67-percent support level is 4 percentage points higher than a similar poll taken a year ago. The…
Both fiscal conservatives and progressives can endorse choice and competition in North Carolina without betraying their fundamental principles.
The existence of competition in higher education is a positive force in driving reforms at the public campuses, while competition among taxpayer-subsidized hospitals generates better results than a hospital cartel or monopoly.
