RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper proclaimed 2024 as “The Year of Public Schools” in North Carolina at an event Tuesday in Nash County. At the event, Cooper called for K-12 education and early childhood funding […]
RALEIGH — Late on Sept. 19, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) held an impromptu press conference to announce a budget deal had been reached and three days later, […]
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday said a ‘state of emergency’ exists over the future of North Carolina’s public education. “It’s time to declare a state of emergency for public education in North Carolina. […]
RALEIGH — Sixteen private schools want sanctions placed on the N.C. Association of Educators of $25,000, according to a motion filed in the case involving the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program. The schools, all religious […]
RALEIGH — On the same day the House unveiled its budget proposal, Senate Republicans filed a bill that essentially expands the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) to all K-12 families. Senate Education Committee Chairs Sens. […]
RALEIGH — 2022 kicked off with an unusual announcement: Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issuing his first-ever proclamation in support of School Choice Week. The proclamation surprised most school choice advocates as the governor has been clear during […]
RALEIGH — A majority of an N.C Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit involving the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, sending the case back to be heard by […]
As school gets underway across the state, 130,000 children will walk into a public charter school. Nearly all of them, and many of their parents, likely don’t know that their choice in education is fragile. […]
RALEIGH — For the first time during his tenure as North Carolina’s governor, Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation supporting School Choice Week. The N.C. Association for Public Charter Schools, led by Rhonda Dillingham, has […]
RALEIGH — The 11th annual National School Choice Week kicked off on Jan. 23 and runs through Jan. 29. Some 830 events celebrating student and school choice are scheduled to take place across North Carolina […]
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