Should teachers have some type of educational background or teaching license? Should schools that receive public dollars provide transparency for how those dollars are spent? Should North Carolinians expect to know how well students in schools funded by tax dollars are learning? Should we have some assurance that our tax dollars are not being used […]
REPORT: NC Tax Dollars Are Used to Discriminate Against Students and Famili...
Pending bills in the NC General Assembly would vastly increase the funding for private school vouchers. Millions of dollars in North Carolina are spent each year on two school voucher programs (see our fact sheet for details) using taxpayer funds to pay private school tuition. This year, new bills in the North Carolina General Assembly […]
Getting the Facts Rig...
Every now and then comments are published that are so incorrect and misleading that we must respond directly. The claim below has been shared in various forms by a number of voucher supporters, including legislative leaders. The specific language is taken from a Carolina Partnership for Reform blog post. CLAIM: “Opportunity Scholarships don’t ‘drain money from […]
Education Bills on the Mo...
These four House bills were discussed on Wednesday, June 14th at 11 am during the meeting of the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education. HB 618: Charter School Review Board This bill is an act to convert the current Charter School Advisory Board into Charter School review board. This would shift the authority to approve charters […]