The North Carolina Center for Education Reform (NCCER)

Here we come together to strengthen education for all of our children across NC. Contribute to their success.

ACTION
Our children can no longer wait for the slow evolution of public education – we need a revolution. EMPOWER
Inform – Work directly with policy makers in the state and in local school districts; and with administrators, teachers, and the community to understand the matters impacting performance in public education. Educate – Work with the stakeholders above to help them master practical way

65% of Public School 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading; 67% Not Proficient in Math

12/11/2021

Shameful. And this 67% not proficient in math and 65% in reading was data from a few years ago pre-Covid. Estimates today are likely 70% of public school children are not proficient in math and reading.
As our schools continue to focus soley on expanding social agenda education our kids are falling further behind.

65% of Public School 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading; 67% Not Proficient in Math .

10/14/2020

ACB is A...mazing. We need her in America.

11/27/2019

We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving filled with gratitude for the blessings in your life and renewed hope for tomorrow.

Average teacher pay, textbook funding, class sizes: NC debuts new school finances website :: WRAL.com

04/27/2019

https://www.wral.com/average-teacher-pay-textbook-funding-class-sizes-nc-debuts-new-school-finances-website/18347529/ #.XMH-LrpxsjE.twitter

Average teacher pay, textbook funding, class sizes: NC debuts new school finances website :: WRAL.com The average teacher salary in Wake County is $58,403. But in neighboring Franklin County, teachers are paid, on average, nearly $9,000 less at $49,805. Those are some of the school finance statistics reported on North Carolina's new Financial Transparency Dashboard.

Stossel: Government-Run Schools Crush Innovation

08/23/2017

America's public schools are failing our kids at an alarming rate, and bureaucrats suffocate even the best teachers. John Stossel explores why government-run schools are incapable of innovating.

https://youtu.be/VObBmEBSTXU

Stossel: Government-Run Schools Crush Innovation Watch part one of John Stossel's short-attention-span version of a recent PBS documentary on how to fix America's schools. ---------------- Subscribe to our ...

Why Some Students Fail And Other Students Succeed - Illumeably

07/30/2017

http://www.illumeably.com/2017/07/27/success-vs-failure/

Why Some Students Fail And Other Students Succeed - Illumeably The answer is not IQ.

RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms

12/14/2016

https://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U

RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benj...

Freedom Schools: Making a difference for scholars, communities - EducationNC

09/09/2016

https://www.ednc.org/2016/09/07/freedom-schools-making-a-difference-for-scholars-communities/

Freedom Schools: Making a difference for scholars, communities - EducationNC A former car door manufacturing building in Rocky Mount hides a secret — one that is accelerating children’s reading levels by 14 months in the span of eight weeks That building now houses Rocky Mount Peacemakers, a Christian community development organization, and one of the programs it runs is the...

Changing school start times a hard but necessary move - EducationNC

08/16/2016

What do you think?

https://www.ednc.org/2016/08/15/changing-school-start-times-hard-necessary-move/

Changing school start times a hard but necessary move - EducationNC This fall, Durham Public Schools are changing their start times. Elementary schools will start (and end) earlier, middle and high schools later. The change is inconvenient for working parents, disruptive for childcare providers, detrimental to athletic programs, and difficult for students with jobs....