The N.C. Public Charter Schools Association raises concerns about the screening process used for new charter school applications. Executive director Eddie Goodall and prospective charter school operators offered these remarks during an April 11, 2013, news briefing. The briefing starts with the unrelated subject of a visit from Ember Reichgott Junge, author of Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation charter school law in the early 1990s.
Sparks fly as NC Senate committee OKs bill to fund waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships
The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for the estimated 54,800 applicants on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.