When first established in the 1990s, the schools were billed as laboratories of innovation, where best practices could be developed and shared with local public school systems. (ncpolicywatch.com)
This month, Barnes» group asked federal officials to block state leaders from implementing their policy change, which will be phased into 97 percent of local public school systems and a portion of charters by the end of the 2016 - 2017 school year. (ncpolicywatch.com)
His mother began to fight for her son, first against a local public school system that takes a cookie - cutter approach to children, then against the county and state. (religion-online.org)