Parental School Choice

School Spotlight: Zion Christian Academy, Roxboro

August 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Zion Christian Academy, located in Roxboro, NC, was founded in 2002 by Zion Christian Center Pastors Danny and Teresa Johnson. Since its founding, the Academy has remained committed to providing the highest level of quality education serving kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Charter Schools: Why is there a debate?

August 13, 2010 | Posted in
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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.

Home schooling increasingly popular

August 3, 2010 | Posted in
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North Carolinians want an educational system that will adequately educate their children, and more than 40,000  families in our state have made the choice to home school. It seems that an increasing number of parents believe that greater results come from greater freedom.

School Spotlight: Christian Faith Center Academy, Creedmoor

July 1, 2010 | Posted in
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 Christian Faith Center Academy (CFC Academy) was founded in 1989 by Christian Faith Center Inc., a non-denominational and independent 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, under the leadership of Dr. Mack and Pastor Brenda Timberlake. Since its founding, the Academy has remained committed to providing the highest level of quality education serving kindergarten through the 12th grade, in a nurturing, supportive and secure environment...all at an affordable cost.

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.

School Spotlight: Hope Elementary Charter, Raleigh

May 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Hope Elementary Principal Richard Rubin “wanted to do something different” after leaving the New York public school system, and as he says, “this is different.”
 
With only 120 students, this small K-5 charter school in Raleigh has the freedom to implement innovative teaching for its students and operates like a family. . Rubin believes “teaching is becoming a science; and the more data a teacher has, the better teachers can reach students.”
 

Message from PEFNC President, Darrell Allison

April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Here at Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), our mission is to inform parents and citizens of the benefits of expanded educational options, and we seek to empower parents to exercise the freedom to meet their children’s needs. In short, PEFNC seeks to find real solutions to how we can effectively better our educational system for all children in North Carolina.

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.

School Spotlight: L&L Montessori School, Southport

March 5, 2010 | Posted in
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"The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas.

N.C. Parents Need Action

February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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As an organization that deals with parental school choice, we often focus on all the statistics and arguments that fly around the Capitol Building and the blogosphere. It helps, sometimes, to take a step back look at the big picture.
 
Why do we want parental school choice?
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