Education

Charter School Special Perks for Big Corporations?

By Eleanore Wood / April 28, 2017 / Comments Off on Charter School Special Perks for Big Corporations?

Charter schools are paid for by North Carolina taxpayers, so all North Carolina children should have equal opportunity to attend charter schools. However, a set of new bills in the General Assembly could change that. These bills would allow big corporations that donate land or equipment to the school to reserve up to 50% of…

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Editorial: NC Should Fund Class Size Cut, Not Roll It Back

By Eleanore Wood / March 14, 2017 / Comments Off on Editorial: NC Should Fund Class Size Cut, Not Roll It Back

When politicians in Raleigh passed a law last year that reduced class sizes, they thought they were getting an easy political win. Some of them even ran campaign ads touting the reduction. Except there was one little problem…they didn’t provide the funding required for local districts to actually reduce class sizes. Now, with local districts…

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