Following Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina’s (PEFNC) highly successful event, featuring school-choice advocate Dr. Howard Fuller, Lindalyn Kakadelis spoke with Family Policy Council about what PEFNC and the NCEA are planning to do about providing choice options for families across the state. And in response to DPI’s release of statewide graduation rates, Lindalyn visited Highland School of Technology in Gaston County, which had one of the highest graduation rates in the state – 97.7 percent. Surprise, surprise: It’s a school of choice. Part of the reason that kids stay in schools of choice is that they want to be there. Myers Park, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school that is known for high academic performance, recently got smacked by TIME magazine for its policy of shuffling low-performing students out the door. Linadalyn jumped on the issue with WBT. Speaking of education black eyes, the lottery – which has generated less revenue than projected and whose fund-disbursement scheme has left many school districts crying foul – may get tweaked, if the Gov. has his way. Terry Stoops hopes he doesn’t.
