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Aug. 20, 2008 On WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks,” Fellowship board members, a school board member and a family court judge discuss “Education and Poverty” paper. If children haven’t mastered the basic skills for learning by middle school, they’re lost, said the judge. If children haven’t mastered many of those basic skills even before they arrive at Read More …
Aug. 14, 2008 Fellowship holds community discussion of “Education and Poverty in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.” Discussion of paper on poverty draws unusual participants – outspoken teachers Tuesday’s community discussion put on the table a lot of issues facing Charlotte-Mecklenburg. And participants and the news coverage the meeting garnered may spark broader community discussion of those issues. Read More …
June 25, 2008 Chart displays ethnic score gaps in CMS on high school end-of-course tests by subject.
June 24, 2008 Chart displays ethnic score gap in CMS on end-of-grade math scores.
May 28, 2008 CMS Supt. Peter Gorman told the school board May 27 that he would move seven principals, demoting or transferring incumbents who have led seven schools where academic improvement has lagged. The seven schools include the six elementaries marked in red on the list, and Ranson Middle, another high-poverty school. The plan shows Read More …
May 21, 2008 The sky appears to send down congratulations to those preparing to put mortarboards on their heads and graduate from CMS.
March 21, 2008 Academic performance and poverty As schoolhouse poverty rates fall, scores rise – and this is neither new, nor news At a meeting with the Fellowship in February, CMS Supt. Peter Gorman said he knew of no data that correlate to academic performance better than poverty statistics. The chart below, based on CMS Read More …
March 21, 2008 The N.C. Forum’s Friday Report compared five-year school construction needs with expected revenue from N.C. education lottery.
March 4, 2008 Student success is a matter of teacher expectations: CMS science educator turns around school lives Written by CMS Public Relations Dr. Cindy Moss of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools was among six experts asked to participate in a panel discussion held by the House of Representatives’ Diversity & Innovation Caucus in Washington, D.C. on Feb. Read More …
March 1, 2008 CMS students reporting having been in a physical fight: Data from the 2007 CMS Youth Risk Behavior Survey.