Civil Rights

Nationwide, parents are waging the fight for more educational options for their children.

According to a recent survey by the good folks at Public Policy Polling, more North Carolinians consider education to be the state's top issue. Despite all the talk about the economy, the percentage of voters naming education as their top issue has more than doubled since last year. Increased public awareness of educational issues could be one explanation for North Carolina's recent spike in private school enrollment.

In March, Judge Howard Manning announced that the state of Halifax County schools was akin to academic genocide. While the state's focus turned to solutions for Halifax, many more North Carolina school districts continued to quietly fail their students.

The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows the Wake County Public School System to assign children to year-round schools without the permission of their parents.