Jan. 22, 2013 Rep. Kelly Alexander was in the Forum audience Tuesday, and facilitator Sarah Stevenson called on him for impromptu remarks. In those remarks, Alexander addressed: – GOP of all branches of N.C. government. – Alexander's efforts to remove from the N.C. Constitution a literacy ... Continue Reading →
Advocate for ‘shared parenting’ addresses Forum
Jan. 22, 2013 Sheila Peltzer's grandchildren got caught up in the process by which family courts award custody of children to one or another parent after a separation or divorce. And Peltzer clearly believes that the law did not do right by these children – or most other children. Her experience ... Continue Reading →
Ursula Douglas on Nurse-Family Partnership
Jan. 15, 2013 Ursula Douglas described the Nurse-Family Partnership she manages at Care Ring (formerly Community Heath Services). ... Continue Reading →
StudentFirst Academy charter: Plans for a window on the world
Jan. 8, 2013 The staff of a charter school expecting to be teaching more than 400 students this fall laid out their plans for a Paideia curriculum with an international flavor at the Tuesday Forum. School owner Phyllis Handford is making the transition from operating as a small private, ... Continue Reading →
Christmas Party 2012
Dec. 18, 2012 Below is a video from the Forum's 2012 Christmas Party. ... Continue Reading →
Irby on health care costs, fiscal cliff, Obamacare
Dec. 11, 2012; posted Jan. 27, 2013 Beverly Irby, CEO of the C.W. Williams Community Health Center, addressed the Forum on how pending legislation, and health reform, would impact the financing of heath care for the poor. Below in one video are most of Irby's comments. The C.W. Williams website ... Continue Reading →
McElrath on linkage between housing policy, school success
Dec. 4, 2012 District 2 school board member Richard McElrath spoke today at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum about the school board's legislative agenda, which includes pursuing mixed-income housing, and collaborating with other governing bodies in Mecklenburg County. ... Continue Reading →
Simmons on what it will to see West Charlotte High succeed
Dec. 4, 2012 Ken Simmons, a retired CMS teacher and principal, addressed the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum today, arguing that West Charlotte High School can succeed with its students, but only if African-Americans embrace the school as it is, and don't wait for white people to return, which he ... Continue Reading →
Mayfield: City moves money to fill afterschool program budget gap
Dec. 4, 2012 Charlotte City Council District 3 representative LaWana Mayfield announced at the Dec. 4, 2012 Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum that the council had approved use of discretionary funds to prevent a funding gap that could have led to a shutdown of children's city-assisted afterschool ... Continue Reading →
Session focuses on students at West Charlotte High School
Nov. 27, 2012 The video below is a collection of clips from comments at this morning's Forum dealing with the general subject of "today's student." At the end of the video, students are invited to respond by forwarding comments in words or video. None were received. ... Continue Reading →
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