Inclusive public schools where all Charlotte-Mecklenburg children reach their potential
April 13, 2016 Supt. Ann Clark presented a staff-written set of guiding principles Tuesday night. The Observer’s Ann Doss Helms wrote about the presentation here (cached here). The early website version is here. The tape of the section of Tuesday’s meeting that deals with the guiding principles is below. Following the video is the five pages Read More …
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article71509192.html APRIL 13, 2016 12:23 AM Surprise CMS draft endorses neighborhood schools, income-based magnet priority Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board reveals draft assignment plan in last-minute addition to Tuesday’s agenda Students would continue to be assigned to schools near their homes, with family income as a priority for magnets Board members say it’s a big step forward, Read More …
4-1-16: No April Fool’s Day prank, a News & Observer op-ed column by professors at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke argues that the study that found no lasting benefit to Tennessee’s Pre-K program is an outlier among studies, and should be treated as such. North Carolina Pre-K has reduced disparities, and kept numbers of children Read More …
April 2, 2016 The lawyers gather today in Chapel Hill today to mark the 45th anniversary of Swann v Board of Education. That case, which went to the U.S. Supreme Court and profoundly shaped modern Mecklenburg County, is a milestone on the path toward righting the wrongs of Jim Crow that denied many children their Read More …
March 27, 2016 “Research shows that principals’ subjective evaluations of teachers may offer valuable information on teacher performance beyond what student test scores alone can capture, including contributions to the school’s culture, the development of other teachers, and student outcomes like enthusiasm and persistence.” – Jennifer King Rice in “Investing in Equal Oppotunity: What would Read More …
3-21-16: We’re delighted to see another group rolling up its sleeves to learn about CMS. And the CMS Families United for Public Education, which has abandoned its narrower moniker of “for Neighborhood Schools,” may be heading in the right direction. But its March 9 report, “Every Student. Every School. Every Day. Version 1.1” needs work. We’ll Read More …