Let me put it this way. If you were an elected official and were responsible for elementary schools where only half of kids are reading at grade level and high schools where only fifty percent of students are graduating, it’d be pretty understandable (and laudable, even) to think you can’t simply trust the educators to do the right thing. Click for more…
Upcoming Events
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Jun24
SCHOOL CHOICE: “Charter Schools, what are they and why do we need them?”
Starts: 06/24/2013 @ 6:00 pm
Place: 911 E Morehead St, Charlotte, NC 28204
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Jul14
2013 NC Charter Schools Conference
Starts: 07/14/2013 @ 6:00 pm
Ends: 07/16/2013 @ 3:00 pm
Place: Greensboro Sheraton Four Seasons
Breaking News
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Uptown center will help teachers spark discovery
Posted June 18, 2013 by Anthony
Discovery Place, Bank of America and Duke Energy are teaming up to create a center where teachers from across the Carolinas will craft ways to inspire young scientists and engineers. The Bank of America STEM Center for Career Development will open next spring in the building that now houses the bank’s child-care center, next to the uptown science museum. [...]
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State Superintendent Calls for Exempting Public School Teachers from Personal State Income Taxes
Posted June 17, 2013 by Anthony
State Superintendent Calls for Exempting Public School Teachers from Personal State Income Taxes State Superintendent June Atkinson today asked North Carolina lawmakers to increase the state’s competitiveness in teacher pay and recruitment by exempting public school teachers from having to pay personal state income taxes. “Those supporting a cut in corporate income taxes [...]
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