Alternative Education

In case you missed it, PEFNC President Darrell Allison was interviewed by News 14 Carolina on December 10th.  The story featured Raleigh Charter High School and its recent Top 25

In a surprise move, the North Carolina State Board of Education recently approved controversial, new performance Submitted by Donald Bryson on December 11, 2009 - 5:08pm

With the expansion of a Montessori program in Mecklenburg County, a statewide push for more early college high schools, and Raleigh Charter High School’s ranking in the Top 20 high schools in the nation, alternative frameworks for k-12 education obviously are increasingly popular to first-rate results.

In 1995, the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill partnered with Union Baptist Church in Durham to launch The Durham Scholars Program, an initiative aimed at improving academic performance among low-income and minority children in some of Durham's poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods.

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. 

In the months leading up to the 2009 election, there was a lot of talk about preparing North Carolina's children for the jobs of the future. In Davidson County, a proposed career academy would do just that.