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North Carolina School Choice Week Speaker: ‘School Choice is the Civil Rights Movement of Our Time’

January 24, 2019February 2, 2019

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“School choice is the civil rights movement of our time,” Mike Long, the President of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) told the attendees of a School Choice event in North Carolina this week. Long was speaking to a group at an event held by the John Locke…

One-Fifth Of North Carolina Students Aren’t Going To Traditional Public Schools

July 15, 2018July 14, 2018 Admin

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by Rob Shimshock Almost 20 percent of K-12 students in North Carolina are not attending traditional public schools. Enrollment in the state’s traditional public schools has fallen during the past few years as more and more students attend private, charter or home schools, The News & Observer reported Friday. North Carolina’s…