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Final Evaluation of the Next Generation Science Standards
In the final evaluation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute grants the standards a C grade. The NGSS grade is clearly superior to grades we granted to the science standards of sixteen states and the PISA framework in the State of State Science Standards 2012 but clearly inferior to those of twelve [...]
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Study to assess the effects of autonomy in the charter
Help Wanted- Doctoral student in search of North Carolina charter school leaders willing to participate in a study to assess the effects of autonomy in the charter school setting. Participation would involve an on-site or phone interview lasting no longer than one hour with questions focusing on the autonomy they experience as leaders of [...]
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Jim Stegall’s legislative update
Following the money Getting school districts to pay charter schools all the funds they are legally obligated to pay them has long been a problem in some parts of our state. Some charter schools have had to resort to law suits to get what they are owed. Others find it difficult to tell from [...]
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Developing Positive Self Concepts Model
Dr. Rebecca Shore Assistant Professor Coordinator, Curriculum & Supervision Program, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte This series of Instruction Matters will focus on Bruce Joyce’s “Four Families of Teaching” and different models within these families. The Personal Family of teaching models is designed to help [...]
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4 Charters Get Approved by Council on Day 1
The NC Public Charter Schools Association would like to congratulate ACE Academy, Anderson Club Creek Charter School, Bradford Prep, and Carolina STEM Academy for getting their application approved for a charter school by the charter council!!
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