Inclusive public schools where all Charlotte-Mecklenburg children reach their potential
Oct. 15, 2015 Meeting materials here It was Thelma Byers-Bailey who offered the CMS Policy Committee a headline metaphor that probably rings true for parents at a number of schools across CMS. Under one school roof are two groups of students. One group sought out seats in the partial magnet housed at the school. The Read More …
Text Cache for use in event the direct link to the website below is unavailable http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article39347523.html CMS board looks at choice and diversity in student assignment Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board committee reviews three draft options Magnet schools and diversity would share center stage with neighborhood schools Decisions about student assignment remain months away BY ANN DOSS Read More …
Text Cache for use in event the direct link to the website below is unavailable http://www.twcnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2015/10/15/cms-board-works-to-redefine-student-assignment-policy.html Thursday, October 15, 2015 CMS Board Works to Redefine Student Assignment Policy By Litsa Pappas Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 05:09 PM EDT CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is redefining its student assignment policy. There are several Read More …
Text Cache for use in event the direct link to the website below is unavailable http://www.wbtv.com/story/30271644/cms-discusses-making-schools-more-diverse CMS discusses making schools more diverse Posted: Oct 15, 2015 4:03 PM EDT By Dedrick Russell CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (CMS) policy committee tackled the district’s controversial student assignment plan. The last time the district Read More …
Oct. 7, 2015 Lawyers Luke Largess, James E. Ferguson II and UNCC researcher Amy Hawn Nelson addressed the past and future of student assignment in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The presentations were part of the church’s “Educate a Child, Transform the World” series. The three presentations are in six videos below.
Sept. 10, 2015 Agenda here With seven of the nine members of the Board of Education present at one point or another, the board’s Policy Committee continued its slo-mo romp through the existing guiding principles for student assignment. Board members used a worksheet that put the existing language into little boxes. The effect was to Read More …
Aug. 21, 2015 From “The Condition of Education 2015,” published by The National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES 2015-144, May 2015.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article31029576.html Aug. 13, 2015 CMS board: It’s time to break up concentrations of school poverty Members remain a long way from settling on strategies for student assignment Next steps are polling parents and hiring a consultant Expect an intense fall focus on assignment priorities BY ANN DOSS HELMS [email protected] It’s time to revise the Read More …
Aug. 13, 2015 Meeting materials With eight Board of Education members either in the room or participating via phone, the CMS Policy Committee Thusday wrestled again with their own aggressive timeline and the underlying splits in community values over student assignment. Satisfy the people who want diverse schools for their children to attend? Satisfy the Read More …
Aug. 8, 2015 Back in April, the members of the CMS Policy Committee began looking at student assignment. And one of their first questions was: Help us understand the differences between Wake and Mecklenburg Counties. That’s a tall order, and a broad one too. It involves differences in local histories, industries, average income, demographic differences, Read More …