Category: About time

8-20-16: CMS has a “Ready for School – Parent Checklist” posted that accompanies an update on how adults can prepare children for the new experience of kindergarten. There are immunizations to attend to, lots of forms to fill out, and anxieties to address. Many of the skill sets listed on the checklist have to do with Read More …

7-14-16: Using KPMG data, the Business Journal noted that Charlotte has “the ninth-most favorable tax structure for businesses” and for manufacturing operations “the fourth-most cost-effective tax structure among the U.S. cities” included in the survey. A 2014 study of the 50 U.S. largest cities ranked Charlotte last in upward mobility. Are we talking unrelated data Read More …

5-29-16: The June 2 CMS Policy Committee meeting will NOT explore student assignment issues. The agenda shows discussion of revisions in policies JBA about harassment of students by employees; GBA on equal opportunity in hiring; KBC on parent involvement and JJJ on extracurricular activity eligibility. Some of the revisions appear designed to bring CMS policy in Read More …

5-16-16: “Both racial and poverty segregation create educational challenges for students and are related to unequal opportunity. Many schools are affected by both at the same time in a pattern our reports have called double segregation. When students are socialized in schools in which few students have benefited from the advantages and power that middle class 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 …