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Poverty
July 5, 2015 Above is the latest revision of an old chart. The message is always the same: Schools full of economically disadvantaged children record unacceptable levels of academic achievement. The reasons keep being debated. But the reality stays the same. Two similar charts using earlier datasets are here. They date from 2004 and 2008. Read More …
Jan. 17, 2010 A comment by Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx on schools:
Sept. 20, 2009 Richard Rothstein, author of “Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White-Achievement Gap,” responding to his critics in a report, “Schools and the Achievement Gap: A Symposium,” published by the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, September-October, 2004. “… In the long run, effective public policy cannot Read More …
April 10, 2009 More CMS schools will open this fall with high-poverty student populations.
Feb. 5, 2009 From left above, Mickey Aberman, Deacon Jones, Jim Henderlite and Araminta Johnston listen as the voice of the Century Foundation’s Richard Kahlenberg, shown at left, comes over the speakerphone Thursday morning. The conference call with the Washington-based expert focused on how to deliver on the state’s constitutional mandate to ensure that every Read More …
Dec. 11, 2008 Maps show where National Board-certified teachers serve in CMS – and where they don’t.
Sept. 13, 2008 An upcoming talk by The Rev. Aleia Salvatierra will focus on “crisis of working poverty.” The link referred to in the box above has gone bad.
Aug. 26, 2008 Graphic tracks Critical Reading SAT scores against poverty statistics by high school.
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 …