With enrollment dropping nearly 25 per cent between 2000 and 2011, Catholic schools in the United States need to “innovate or die”, according to a recent report by the Lexington Institute, a non-profit public-policy group. To innovate, Catholic schools should imitate their largest competitor — charter schools — by adopting a blended curriculum that harnesses Read more
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Destiny Church has not applied to establish Charter School 
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
The Destiny church has “not received or made any kind of charter school application,” says its spokesperson Richard Lewis. Lewis said an inquiry he made, many months ago, to the Associate Education Minister John Banks, “was simply to gather information about charter schooling and the Government’s plans in that direction, particularly for South Auckland.” Destiny already Read more
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Christian school leaders say the proposed charter schools might give Christian schools a way round current restrictions on their enrolments. Most Christian schools are integrated schools and must focus their enrolments on Christians. Charter schools would get the same funding, without those restrictions. Christian school leaders say that will interest schools that want to help Read more
