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March 24, 2023

Charter Schools

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NC group joins lawsuit fighting Biden administration’s charter school grant regulations

November 23, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. Coalition for Charter Schools has joined a lawsuit seeking to block regulations imposed on the federal Charter Schools Program by the Biden administration’s Department of Education.  The lawsuit said the U.S. […]

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Machado leaving NC Office of Charter Schools for Charter Schools USA job

July 7, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — David Machado will be departing his role as the Director of the NC Office of Charter Schools to take a job with Charter Schools USA (CSUSA).  Machado announced the news in a June […]

Article

DILLINGHAM: The Charter School experiment

May 10, 2022 Rhonda Dillingham

At what point is an experiment considered a success?   To determine success, the scientific method is the standard used to validate results, beginning with identifying the problem and forming a hypothesis to developing an experiment, […]

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KAKADELIS: The charter school movement is at a crossroads

May 9, 2022 Lindalyn Kakadelis

This week is National Charter Schools Week, and North Carolina’s public charter school movement stands at a crossroads.  There’s no internal question about where public charter schools should go from here — it’s full-steam ahead […]

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Cooper vetoes NC bill altering charter schools board makeup

August 24, 2021 Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Monday that would slightly rework the state panel that recommends whether charter schools can open or should be shuttered. Currently two of the 11 voting […]

Opinion

LONG: Parents want choice in education, not systems with union priorities

August 18, 2021 Mike Long

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has upended nearly every aspect of our lives. But what may surprise many North Carolinians is the pandemic’s impact on education in our state. Newly released figures from the state […]

Article

NC’s charter school law turned 25 this month

June 30, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — It was standing room only at a press conference commemorating the North Carolina law that opened up the state to charter schools 25 years ago this month. On June 21, 1996, the “Charter […]

Article

WOODARD, AGGARWAL, and SLOCUM: Charter schools spur achievement and choice — not segregation

June 16, 2021 JoAnne Woodard, Sandeep Aggarwal, and Eugene Slocum

Claims that public charter schools encourage segregation grow louder every day. According to a recent John Locke Foundation/Civitas poll, nearly 23% of North Carolina voters cite de facto segregation as “the most convincing reason” to […]

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KAKADELIS: During COVID, NC charter schools are helping to lead the way

May 20, 2021 Lindalyn Kakadelis

Much has been written about pandemic impacts over the past year as educators and students were pushed to pivot and perform in ways no one had planned. It was, as The New York Times noted, […]

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Bill adopts recommendations to fast-track replication of high-quality charter schools

May 12, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Following recommendations from the N.C. Office of Charter Schools and the state’s Charter Schools Advisory Board, a bill has been filed that would fast-track applications that replicate existing high-quality charter schools. House Bill […]

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