Accountability

Autonomy works for students

Public charter schools are independent public schools of choice, free from some of the rules and regulations of traditional public schools, but still accountable for student performance. This accountability comes with the ability to have increased school autonomy.

Submitted by Stan Chambers on October 11, 2011 - 12:08pm

Charter Schools: Why is there a debate?

In the past eight months, there has been a good deal of debate about public charter schools in North Carolina. The debate has mostly focused on the arbitrary cap of 100 that was set in 1995, with charter advocates wanting to increase or eliminate the cap.

Submitted by Donald Bryson on August 13, 2010 - 3:54pm

North Carolina's Graduation Crisis

This week Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center released the 2010 Diplomas Count study on national graduation rates. The results for North Carolina were worse than reported to the U.S. Department of Education in recent years, and those figures were already bad.

Submitted by Donald Bryson on June 18, 2010 - 11:05am

Incubating a Plan for Success

In this editorial, The Charlotte Observer falls just short of applauding the state's eleventh hour legislative scheme to get Race to the Top funds, while criticizing charter schools for failing to become "incubators for innovation that traditional public schools could emulate to boost performance." 

Submitted by Donald Bryson on June 7, 2010 - 11:10am

Below Average Just Isn't Good Enough

Another year has passed and North Carolina schools are still performing at sub-par levels.
Submitted by Donald Bryson on March 24, 2010 - 2:56pm

NC Schools Receive Low Marks in Management and Finance

Last month, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Center for American Progress and the US Chamber of Commerce released the third annual State-by-State Report Card on Educational Improvement.

Submitted by Donald Bryson on December 2, 2009 - 10:08am

Orange County Schools defend denial of autistic services

It seems that passing the Special Needs Tax Credit bill would have saved North Carolina’s public schools a lot of money and bad press.  Just ask the Orange County School System.  Yesterday, the OCSS released a statement defending their recommended education plan for 

Submitted by Donald Bryson on July 29, 2009 - 3:37pm

A missed opportunity for special needs education

Well, we got what we asked for. 

Submitted by Anonymous on July 1, 2009 - 8:10pm

A dropout by any other name

With the 12th worst dropout rate in the nation, North Carolina needs to find answers to the dropout crisis that costs our state $169 million each year.

Submitted by Anonymous on May 20, 2009 - 3:24pm

NC House Approves Bill to Increase Charter School Cap

Last week we wrote about bipartisan-sponsored legislation that would modify North Carolina's charter school law to raise the cap from 100 to 106. The bill also would give preference to charter school applications in school districts where no such schools currently operate and create more stringent evaluation measures of charter schools.

Submitted by Anonymous on May 14, 2009 - 10:00am