Dear Senator Goodall,
I called the NC Alliance for Public Charter Schools this morning to ask a questions pertaining to my employment as a charter school teacher at the Cape Fear Center for Inquiry in Wilmington, NC. I did not, at the time, realize that your office was connected with this organization.
Within one hour I received a personal phone call with the answer to my question.
I [...]
We received the following question from The Academy of Moore County… please post a comment to help them out. Here is their question… The Academy is currently using NWEA MAP for our benchmark testing, but we feel it is too limited for our needs. What are the other charter schools using for benchmark testing?
Myth #1: Charter schools take money away from traditional public schools
Charter schools emerged due to the failures of traditional public schools. The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter organization, states on its website: ”Unlike traditional district schools, most charter schools do not receive funding to cover the cost of securing a facility. Read more…
Led by the North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the event marks the first time in the 14-year history of charter schools in the state that school leaders have come together on such a large scale to address common problems and plan for the future.
For the second round of applications, Governor Perdue, still desperate for federal loot, urged legislators to use a similar approach. The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill that will permit school districts to establish up to 135 so-called “charter-like innovative, autonomous schools.”33 These district-run schools will reportedly have “all the hallmarks of a charter school,” except the defining characteristic of a genuine charter school—a [...]
Here is some feedback from Scott Owen of Kestrel Heights on our inaugural conference:
“The Alliance did an excellent job in bringing people to the inaugural
conference. Thanks for your group’s hard work – and for the upcoming
assistance in our continuing efforts to move the charters to the next level
of excellence and prominence. Please let us know how we can help maintain
the organization’s goodwill in the community. [...]
Here is a quote from one of our inaugural conference’s exhibitors & presenters.
“I present at a lot of state, regional, and national conferences, and I want you to know that this is one of the best organized events I have ever been associated with.
The degree of communication has made it a very pleasant experience.”
New, friends, old friends, all 250 public charter school friends. What a great time! I am sorry it had to end!
The Alliance Board of Directors thank all the sponsors, headed by Acadia NorthStar, Superintendent Atkinson, the Sheraton Raleigh staff, Rena Youngblood, the National Alliance, Tom Humble, Torchlight, the legislators, Sens. D. Berger, Hunt, and Stevens, Rep. Dollar, Samantha & Shannon, the East Wake Singers (Hallalujah!), [...]
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