Finally, some love (well, some 'like' anyway) from the press

Kudos to the Winston-Salem Journal for its editorial on Wednesday recognizing that allowing well-prepared charter applicants to open new schools as early as next August is a good thing.  The editors praise the State Board of Education for its decision earlier this month to allow a 'Fast Track' approval process for charter applicants who were turned down in the last round only because of the now-defunct cap.

"The state board has shown common sense here, cautiously deciding that charters must not be rushed into operation but also recognizing that, in some cases, an opening date of next August is reasonable."

The W-S Journal has been one of the few mainstream media outlets in the state to show even a qualified understanding of, or support for, charter schools.  Back in June the paper editorialized in support of the stripped down version of Senate Bill 8 that removed the cap in this year's session, but demonstrated a poor grasp of the details, calling many of the bill's original provisions "misguided." 

"Some legislators even proposed reducing standards for charters so low that they would, in effect, become subsidized home schools." 

...sigh....

Well, newspaper editors can't always know what they're talking about.  But still it's good to see that there is at least one paper that doesn't always spout the anti-charter talking points of the public education cartel's praetorian guard.