North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships grow.

Some schools started as “Segregation Academies” in NC that are still operating and more than 85 percent white are receiving taxpayer money.

And, the politics of School Choice in NC.

Guests:

-Liz Schlemmer, education reporter WUNC

-Jennifer Berry Hawes, is a reporter with ProPublica’s South hub who focuses on criminal justice, religion, race and the welfare of women and children

-Josh Cowen, a Professor of Education Policy at Michigan State University and the author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

-Lynn Edmonds, is the Outreach Director at Public Schools First NC and a representative on the Wake County School Board

-Brian Jodice, is the Executive Vice President with Parents for Educational Freedom in NC