July 23, 2019 The entire Forum focused on what people had on their minds after the resignation of CMS Supt. Clayton Wilcox. As expected, there was plenty to talk about. An e-mail to participants Monday night warned people not to expect new information about either the July 15 suspension of Dr. ... Continue Reading →
CMS Vice Chair reads statement on suspension of superintendent
July 16, 2019 At the end of today's Forum,CMS Board of Education Vice Chair Elyse Dashew read the following lawyer-vetted statement concerning the Monday suspension of CMS Supt. Clayton Wilcox. She declined to answer a follow-up question. To start the video, click on it. ... Continue Reading →
Bringing 2 educational silos together to support families
July 8, 2019 Greg Schermbeck’s first job after college was in a CMS classroom for the Teach For America corps. Since then, he’s crossed the lines that divide public and charter schools a time or two. His company is now shepherding Ashley Park (CMS) and Movement (charter) schools through a ... Continue Reading →
Update on Teach For America: Stickiness improves; corps a more diverse lot
July 2, 2019 Words poured out. Statistics flew by. Crystal Rountree knows her subject. The executive director of the Charlotte-Piedmont Triad chapter of Teach For America began with the corps in metro Atlanta in 2003, and taught for two years. She's been with the corps ever since, serving in ... Continue Reading →
Details on summer feeding programs
Aiming to help adults nurture children’s growing brains
April 9, 2019 Two managers from the Mecklenburg outpost of Smart Start outlined the group's advocacy for improving child care and the programs it uses to support families and their children less than 6 years old. Smart Start is funded through state and private funds, and is not related to the ... Continue Reading →
‘Reclaim 37’: Examining Beatties Ford Road corridor as it changes
April 2, 2019 Truth to tell, the Beatties Ford Road corridor has been undergoing change since John Beatty followed trading paths to the Catawba and opened a ferry to points west like Morganton. Reclaim 37 is a reference to the 1960s I-85 interchange that bulldozed parts of the corridor on Johnson ... Continue Reading →
Official discusses books published by JCSU
Feb. 26, 2019 Dr. Diane Bowles, vice president for government sponsored programs and research, and executive director of the Smith Institute for Applied Research at Johnson C. Smith University, this morning discussed two books published by the university. One of the books is "Let There Be Light: ... Continue Reading →
Vakala outlines a ‘cultural strategy’ to undergird action for change
Jan. 22, 2019 Vakala thinks deeply about culture, and how most people allow themselves to be defined by whatever culture they join or find themselves in. One of his examples this morning: On 9/11, he says he saw most of his African-American friends on the UNC Chapel Hill campus consider the ... Continue Reading →
Fielding tools & people to help struggling readers
Chart illustrates how, on a schoolwide basis, reading test scores tend to fall as the prevalence of family poverty at a school increases. At right, Read Charlotte's Munro Richardson. Dec. 4, 2018 If only, with a tip of his right finger, Munro Richardson could lift the right end of the line up, up ... Continue Reading →
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