Press Releases
May 5, 2010
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) will be joined by a panel of elected officials and school leaders for a town hall discussion on the subject of K-12 education in Wake County and statewide. This is the second of two educational forums, the first of which attracted a... Read More.
April 23, 2010
Charlotte, NC (Thursday, April 22) – State Senator Malcolm Graham (D-Mecklenburg) joined a panel of local private, charter and traditional public school leaders Thursday evening to address the K-12 educational achievement gap at a public forum featuring a town hall style question and answer... Read More.
March 30, 2010
Raleigh, NC -- North Carolina learned Monday that it failed to qualify for millions of dollars in the first phase of federal “Race to the Top” funding. The state was selected earlier this month as one of 16 finalists for approximately $400 million in federal money after... Read More.
February 23, 2010
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) is hosting state Senator A.B. Swindell (D) at Rocky Mount Preparatory School tomorrow. The visit is part of a series of statewide legislative tours designed to educate policymakers and highlight the successes of public charter schools... Read More.
January 14, 2010
Educational advocates concerned state may be "Racing to the Bottom" in efforts to secure federal funding
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), educational leaders and charter school directors from across the state will join together for a public statement next... Read More.
September 8, 2009
Protestors speak out for D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program on day of President Obama's historic address to schoolchildren
In the first-ever act of school choice-related civil disobedience, prominent education reform leaders, including a representative from North Carolina, led a protest Tuesday... Read More.
June 2, 2009
Nonpublic school teachers have higher job satisfaction, greater autonomy, and more support than their public school counterparts
RALEIGH, NC (June 2, 2009) A new report sheds light on possible reasons for rising enrollment rates in North Carolina’s private schools, despite economic challenges... Read More.
March 12, 2009
RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina educational leaders are reacting to a U.S. Senate vote on Tuesday to cease funding the Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program as part of the omnibus spending bill.
An amendment failed this week that would have removed language cutting funding for the... Read More.
October 28, 2008
Durham, NC – Gubernatorial candidate and Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory (R) joined church, school and civic leaders from across the state Tuesday evening to address equal opportunity in education at a public forum featuring a town hall style question and answer session.
The event, themed "... Read More.
August 1, 2008
RALEIGH, NC – Partners for Educational Freedom in North Carolina ("Partners"), a statewide nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to empowering parents through choice in education, is hosting a public forum on parental school choice.
The two-hour forum is designed to shed... Read More.
