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What is Parental School Choice

What is Parental School Choice?

By: pefncadmin
Mar 15, 2012
What is Parental School Choice? Parental School Choice means allowing parents to send their children to the school that best meets their needs – traditional, public charter, private or home school – regardless of address or income. With this idea, parents are in charge of their children’s education. The number of ... READ MORE
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Home Schooling

By: pefncadmin
Mar 14, 2012
As of August 2011, more than 83,000 students are home schooled across North Carolina, according to the state Department of Public Instruction. Homeschooling represents the epitome of educational choice because it allows parents to take responsibility for their child’s education and implement the best educational pathway for academic success. Homeschool parents ... READ MORE
Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Scholarships

By: pefncadmin
Mar 14, 2012
Equal Opportunity Scholarships are means-tested scholarships provided to children from working class families. These families, who fall between 175 and 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, are eligible to use the state funding set aside for their children’s education to send them to the K-12 public or private school of ... READ MORE
Public Charter

Public Charter Schools

By: pefncadmin
Mar 14, 2012
Aniekan Affiah, a fifth grader from Durham, pleaded with Gov. Beverly Perdue during a PEFNC press conference on June 7, 2011. Aniekan joined national, state and community leaders in urging the governor to remove North Carolina's charter school cap. Public Charter schools are independent, non-religious, tuition-free public schools with operational and educational ... READ MORE

Reports & Studies

By: pefncadmin
Mar 12, 2012
The studies below have been compiled and published by various education reform and parental school choice organizations across the country. They examine a wide array of topics from school choice legislation, to the impact of graduation rates on families and communities, and analysis of various choice programs being utilized in ... READ MORE