North Carolina’s voucher program has been criticized for its lack of accountability. The Opportunity Scholarship and ESA+ programs come with little financial oversight, no curriculum or content standards requirements, no educational or credential requirements for teachers, and no publicly available student performance testing data. Since 1992, NC public school students in grades 3-8 take the […]
Should teachers have some type of educational background or teaching license? Should schools that receive public dollars provide transparency for how those dollars are spent? Should North Carolinians expect to know how well students in schools funded by tax dollars are learning? Should we have some assurance that our tax dollars are not being used […]
Pending bills in the NC General Assembly would vastly increase the funding for private school vouchers. Millions of dollars in North Carolina are spent each year on two school voucher programs (see our fact sheet for details) using taxpayer funds to pay private school tuition. This year, new bills in the North Carolina General Assembly […]
Privatization of public schools refers to efforts by policymakers to shift public education funds and students into the private sector. It is an attempt to contract with private, for-profit entities for various responsibilities, like education, that have long been the responsibility of the public sector. We created the following timeline that documents North Carolina’s path towards […]
