What It Takes To Open A Charter School
This is the first in a two-part series that takes a closer look at the charter school movementBig changes are underway for charter schools in North Carolina. Last year state lawmakers lifted the 100...
View ArticleWhy One Charter School Failed
This is the second in a two-part series that takes a closer look at the charter school movement.North Carolina will soon see a rush of charter schools opening. Last year, state lawmakers lifted the...
View ArticleA Look At Charter Schools In NC
This week on Morning Edition, WFAE’s Lisa Miller took a look at the charter school movement. We will be seeing a lot more of those because the legislature has lifted a cap that had limited the state to...
View ArticleCharter Advocate Pushes School Closures, More Rigorous Selection
We’ve heard a lot of success stories from charter school advocates as they’ve tried to gain support for them. But not all charter schools provide a good education and a leading charter school advocate...
View ArticleKennedy Charter Has Another Chance
The state advisory council which monitors charter schools has decided to give Kennedy Charter in south Charlotte another chance, despite the school’s low test scores. That decision hinges on a plan to...
View ArticleMorrison Wants CMS To Collaborate With Private And Charter Schools
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, private and charter schools don’t have much of a history of working together. But CMS Superintendent Heath Morrison wants that to change. A few weeks ago, Charlotte...
View ArticleNC School Board Set To Approve Policies Guiding Online Charters
North Carolina is getting ready for a new breed of charter school. They’re virtual schools, where students do all or most of their work online. The state board of education Thursday is set to approve...
View ArticleCharter School's Basketball Program Raises Questions Over State Funding
Charter schools are supposed to offer a free, independent alternative to traditional public schools. North Carolina has just over 100 of them, and the state board of education is expected to approve 25...
View ArticleJump In Applications To Open Charter Schools Presents Challenges
The number of applications to open charter schools has jumped significantly since the charter school cap was lifted in 2011. There used to be a couple dozen applications per year. This year 156...
View ArticleBill Would Change Oversight And Application Process Of Charter Schools
North Carolina has 107 charter schools and dozens more are looking to open in the next couple of years. State lawmakers today are considering a bill that would change the application process and...
View Article170 Groups Want To Open NC Charter Schools In 2015
North Carolina has received notices from 170 groups that want to open charter schools in 2015. Forty-three of those schools are planned for Mecklenburg and 18 more for neighboring counties. Two years...
View ArticleCharlotte Mecklenburg Schools Update
There is a lot going on with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, to say the least. The state will open 11 new charter schools in August and 26 next year. There’s a new reading law and many third graders in...
View ArticleWFAE Talks Charter School Secrecy, Duke's Continuing Coal Ash Woes, CPCC's...
Welcome to the 10th edition of WFAE Talks, our weekly podcast in which WFAE News Director Greg Collard and reporters Lisa Miller and Ben Bradford discuss stories in the news and how they're covered....
View ArticleWhy For Every Dollar CMS Pays Charters, It Can't Make The Same Cut
Mecklenburg County commissioners got a crash course Tuesday in how charter schools are funded. They heard CMS will likely lose more than $80 million dollars to local charter schools next year. But if...
View ArticleWFAE Talks Cannon and The Daily Show, Political B-Roll, A Failed Charter School
Tom Bullock steps in for Ben Bradford on this week's show. Greg, Lisa and Tom discuss the race for Charlotte mayor and Patrick Cannon's recognition on the The Daily Show. Plus, the production assist...
View ArticleNC Education Officials: Charter Schools Must Disclose Salaries
North Carolina’s top education officials now say charter schools must publicly reveal salaries, reversing a March announcement that the independent public schools are exempt from that requirement.
View ArticleState Official: Disclose Charter Salaries Or Face Penalty
North Carolina’s top charter official warned schools Thursday that they could lose their charters, which authorize them to get public money, if they refuse to comply with public records requests for...
View ArticleCharter Schools Likely To Remain Under NC Board Of Ed; New Study Looks At NC...
A move to create a panel separate from the North Carolina Board of Education to oversee charter schools is not moving forward. Instead, the House Education committee supported a bill Tuesday that...
View ArticleCMS And Charter Schools
If you’ve been following public education in recent years, it almost seems as if the system is under siege. That’s certainly the case locally. CMS recently told county commissioners that they would...
View ArticleOne Rejected Charter Applicant Granted Second Chance
One group whose application to open a charter school in Eastern North Carolina was initially rejected will get a second shot. The state’s charter school advisory council decided Ignite Innovation...
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