Category: About time

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 …

3-20-16: The Census pegs Joe and Joanne Average’s household income in Mecklenburg at $56,472. So if all their income went toward buying the new $98.4 million high school that CMS needs to relieve South Meck and Ardrey Kell, it would take Joe and Joanne just 1,742 years to pay off the loan – without interest. Read More …

3-17-16: The first report from the CMS survey about community attitudes about student assignment raises may issues. Among them: On map at right (click to enlarge), by board district, are percentages of respondents disagreeing or strongly disagreeing with the following statement: “I would be OK with a longer bus ride if it meant my child(ren) attended Read More …

3-11-16: The Charlotte Chamber’s Natalie English asked CMS Supt. Ann Clark to summarize her March 9 message to the chamber’s Workforce Development Committee. The message? Parents are “looking in the rear-vew mirror” to how CMS used to be forced by courts to deal with assignment. The board isn’t talking about busing, there isn’t a plan Read More …