Charter schools (page 9)

Last week, the N.C. State Board of Education gave final approval to 11 charter schools including, *  Central Wake Charter High School (Wake County); *  FernLeaf Community Charter School (Henderson County); *  Gate City Charter Academy (Guilford County); *  Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (New Hanover…

In a May 2016 doctoral dissertation titled, “A Complexity Context to North Carolina Charter School Classroom Interactions and Climate: Achievement Gap Impacts,” Liz Johnson conducted an analysis of the “relationship between classroom climate, interactions, and student achievement, through a complexity systems context.” Using some pretty high-level quantitative and qualitative…

National Charter Schools Week is this week!  (Unlike Teacher Appreciation Week, National Charter Schools Week is a seven-day event.) To celebrate National Charter Schools Week, the NC Alliance for Public Charter Schools published a comparison of charter and district performance on 2014-15 state tests.  Data, verified by NC…

An article to be published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management found that students who graduated from a charter high school are more likely to persist in college and experience higher earnings in the mid-20s than their district school counterparts. In “Charter High Schools’ Effects on Long-Term Attainment and…

From Highlights of the NC Public School Budget 2016…

Two recent articles highlight school district leaders who collaborate with charter schools to raise student achievement. Education Week: Indianapolis Superintendent Enlists Charters as Allies to Improve City’s Schools New York Times: Oakland District at Heart of Drive to Transform Urban Schools In the end, the key to district…

The headline says it all: Woods Charter School receives a record 1,807 applications for admission. Sadly, few of those who applied will receive an admissions offer, given capacity restraints and restrictions on charter enrollment growth.  The school will conduct their admissions lottery on February 1.   HT: GG…

Haywood County Schools may cut their budget and close an elementary school, mostly due to a shortfall in local funding. As Rep. Michele Presnell pointed out, the Haywood County Schools have increased their per pupil expenditures over the last three years.  In fact, their per student spending is higher…