Education
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL: School choice in N.C. set to continue significant growth in 2023
The rapid growth of school choice options brought on by the pandemic shows no signs of letting up as the calendar turns over to 2023. Recent statistics show that for the 2021-2022 school year, there were 115,311 students enrolled in K-12 private schools, 160,528 in homeschools, and another 132,909 enrolled in public charter schools.
NORTH STATE JOURNAL: Leandro, learning loss, masks, safety: North Carolina K-12 year in review
Over the course of 2022, K-12 public education was marked by fights over required masking, continued protests over inappropriate materials, plummeting test scores, the flipping of school boards in the general election, and multiple movements to revamp state education policy.