parent-friendly

RALEIGH — For the second straight year, Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools earn a D+ grade in the John Locke Foundation’s statewide ranking of “parent-friendly” public school systems. Charlotte-Mecklenburg ties for…

North Carolina’s school districts are not parent-friendly organizations. While a handful of school districts fare reasonably well in the final ranking, the highest score was a 3.4, or a B+. School districts in western North Carolina generally fared very well in the ranking, while the Triad, Triangle, Charlotte, and northeastern regions fared poorly. Seven of the top ten school districts are located in western North Carolina.

RALEIGH — Both the Wake and Durham County public school systems improved their grades in the John Locke Foundation’s second-annual assessment of “parent-friendly” schools. Wake’s grade climbed from C to…