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CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — North Carolina’s first virtual charter schools could start up in Cabarrus County if board of education officials approve the request Monday night.
According to the request, certified teachers would work from home and students’ work would be supervised by their parents.
For the rest of the rest of the article, go to Virtual charter school up for vote in Cabarrus County
Democrats complain that the plan would undercut public schools because the measure does not require the alternative schools to prevent segregation into majority white and minority schools. The House minority also says provisions allowing virtual charter schools have few guidelines.
Republicans have moderated an earlier stand by adding transportation and meal requirements for new charter schools.
For the rest of the article, go to NC House panel approves charter school expansion
During the recent Pender County Board of Education meeting, board members were concerned that if the charter cap of 100 schools was lifted in North Carolina, that all homeschools could then become charter schools and take money from the local school systems.
That sounded like a pretty worst-case scenario and a bit simplified to me. So I checked it out a little today.
There are virtual charter schools, just about 185 nationwide, that do attract homeschool students. But the Homeschool Legal Defense Association stresses on its web site the distinction between a homeschool and charter school and cautions parents from entering their children into virtual charter schools.
For the rest of the article, go to Would lifting charter cap allow homeschools to become charter schools?
RALEIGH — Instant messages, loud music, and spitballs have no place in the classroom, but North Carolina’s rural school districts could benefit from a different type of disruption. That’s the conclusion the John Locke Foundation’s top education expert reaches in a new Spotlight report.
Virtual charter schools, expanded online course offerings, and new off-site high school campuses are among the examples of “disruptive innovation” recommended in the new report. Those changes also could lead to substantial savings for taxpayers.
For the rest of the article, go to Rural N.C. School Districts Could Use More Disruption
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