Accountability

North Carolina's Graduation Crisis

June 18, 2010 | Posted in
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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.

Incubating a Plan for Success

June 7, 2010 | Posted in
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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." 

Below Average Just Isn't Good Enough

March 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Another year has passed and North Carolina schools are still performing at sub-par levels.

NC Schools Receive Low Marks in Management and Finance

December 2, 2009 | Posted in
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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.

Orange County Schools defend denial of autistic services

July 29, 2009 | Posted in
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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 

A missed opportunity for special needs education

July 1, 2009 | Posted in
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Well, we got what we asked for. 

A dropout by any other name

May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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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.

NC House Approves Bill to Increase Charter School Cap

May 14, 2009 | Posted in
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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.

National Charter Schools Week, May 3-9

May 4, 2009 | Posted in
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In recognition of National Charter School Week, we thought it would be appropriate to post a brief assessment of the landscape for charter schools, both statewide and nationally.

Fairness in Alternative Charter School Accountability

April 27, 2009 | Posted in
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PEFNC Board Member John Bryson submitted the letter below to The News and Observer last week, addressing the need for fair accountability measures for alternative charter schools:

In response to Keung Hui’s “Would-be charter schools” column on April 20, it is worth noting the actual shut-down rate of alternative charter schools serving at-risk students. 

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