WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - This week is devoted towards making sure students K-12 have their options open when it comes to getting the best education possible that fits them.
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Parents Celebrate National School Choice Week
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- School officials, teachers and parents all gathered in Wilmington Wednesday for National School Choice Week.
- A celebration allowed guest speakers, parents and school leaders to share their stories on why their right to choose which school their children go to, is very important.
Teachers and students rally for school choice
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A rally was held Wednesday at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington in honor of National School Choice Week.
Students and teachers from schools like Wilmington Preparatory Academy, Oasis NC, and Glow Academy got to enjoy student performances, listen to speakers, and even win prizes.
Wilmington celebrates School Choice Week
By Bryant Reed | January 23, 2019 at 3:29 PM EST - Updated January 23 at 4:16 PM
NC lawmakers should stop trying to ‘discredit’ and ‘devalue’ public schools, group says
RALEIGH (News & Observer) -- North Carolina lawmakers have lost sight of the value of traditional public schools and instead pursued policies promoting school choice and competition that have helped to undermine public education, an education group charged Wednesday.
Secular home-schooling grows in NC as more identify as non-religious schools
RALEIGH - The desire to educate their children about God is less of a reason for many North Carolina families to home-school their children instead of sending them to a public school.
Public money for private school scholarships is working, and will soon expand dramatically
Thursday marks the anniversary of a major victory in the fight for educational freedom in North Carolina. Five years ago, the General Assembly established the Opportunity Scholarship Program, enabling low-income children to use state-funded scholarships to attend private school. This past school year, nearly 7,400 students statewide relied on Opportunity Scholarships to open doors of educational opportunity. Their ongoing freedom to do so is due in large part to educational pioneers like Charlotte’s Janet Nunn and her granddaughter, Nariah, who believed in the program even as it faced an uncertain future.