Sentences with phrase «run virtual charter schools»

During the 2014 session, lawmakers enacted a pilot program that allows two companies to run virtual charter schools in North Carolina.

A Wall - Street run virtual charter school had its plans to open in North Carolina derailed Friday afternoon after a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of state education officials.

Not exact matches

Several states — including Florida, New Mexico, and Utah — have passed recent legislation requiring that districts allow students to choose their own online learning providers, whether that means state - run online schools, virtual charters, or private providers.

For White Hat Management, the politically connected Ohio for - profit operating both traditional and virtual charter schools, the success rate under NCLB was a mere 2 percent, while for schools run by K12 Inc., it was 25 percent.

In spite of a wealth of information that points to K12, Inc. running a business operation that has poor returns by failing to adequately educate students, yet continues to profit mightily from state taxpayers, some are still enthusiastic about the prospect of the virtual charter school coming to North Carolina, including Rep. Larry Pittman, a supporter of virtual charters.

Most virtual schools are charter schools; they receive government funding and are run by a private organization.

«Certainly this provision runs counter to where we think the General Assembly ought to go in terms of accountability and transparency when it comes to virtual charter schools.»

Former executive director Joel Medley recently left his position to run one of the state's two new virtual charter schools — the K12, Inc. - backed N.C. Virtual Avirtual charter schools — the K12, Inc. - backed N.C. Virtual AVirtual Academy.

On measures widely used to judge all public schools, such as state test scores and graduation rates, virtual schools — often run as charter schools — tend to perform worse than their brick - and - mortar counterparts.

A report by a Washington think tank about a California virtual charter run by the company found a series of problems, including dramatically lower test scores than traditional public schools, startling high dropout rates, questionable attendance figures and a host of other problems.

Bill Cobey, chairman of North Carolina's State Board of Education, has heard all about K12 Inc.'s California settlement, a purported $ 168.5 million pact with the state's attorney general amid long - running allegations that the for - profit virtual charter school operator inflated student test scores and attendance to drain more cash from public coffers.

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In California, Fuller said virtual charters like those run by K12 Inc. began with a «virtuous» premise — offering additional paths to graduation for students who, for various reasons, struggle in brick - and - mortar schools — but public perception of the programs soured due to bickering over public funds and performance.

K12, Inc., a Virginia - based for - profit company that runs online schools in 32 states and attributes nearly 85 percent of its income to public dollars, has been trying to make its way into North Carolina to open a virtual charter school.

The appeals court heard arguments Wednesday in litigation filed over the N.C. State Board of Education's 2012 decision to disregard an application for a virtual charter school run by the company because it was submitted outside the time period allotted by the board.

In fact, the only person in the story likely to be doing very well is Mr. Packard himself who used to pull in a salary of $ 5 million to run the K12 Inc. family of for profit virtual charter schools (with an educational record so dubious that the NCAA refuses to accept credits from the schools) and whose Pansophic Learning is now the largest for profit operator of charter schools in Ohio.

Here, educational choice means that parents are free to choose whatever option works for their families, whether that's tax - credit scholarships, vouchers, homeschooling, district - run schools, magnets, virtual programs and / or charter schools.