Charter school board recommends changes in report

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The North Carolina state Charter Schools Advisory Board has recommended several changes to a draft of the annual charter schools report Tuesday, saying it needs to highlight more positives about the schools.

Multiple media outlets reported that the board met Tuesday to discuss the preliminary version of the report.

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest criticized the draft version last week, calling it too negative. Forest said he wanted the advisory board to review it before it was sent to the legislature.

Forest complained that the original version described the overall student population at North Carolina’s charter schools as whiter and more affluent than those at traditional public schools.

Board member Phyllis Gibbs said the report should always start with the positives that charter schools offer, before dealing with anything negative.

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