March 16, 2020 The following information was provided to patients by Tryon Medical Partners, which reports that it treats about 15% of Mecklenburg's entire population. COVID-19 is a new virus. We learn more about it every day. Overall, the risk of contracting coronavirus in Charlotte is still ... Continue Reading →
Focusing on adult patients on Medicare
Oct. 1, 2019 The leadership team opening three new medicare care facilities in North Carolina were at the Forum to tell their story, make some connections and pitch the idea that changing the incentives in medicine is a shorter path toward cost containment and better health. Grant Walker, a ... Continue Reading →
Whither CMS? Issues on people’s minds after superintendent’s resignation
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 →
3 women helping their clients rebuild their lives
March 26, 2019 The three women who gathered at the Forum presenters' table today operate in a societal space populated by the homeless, the sick, the destitute, the jobless, the skill-less, the hopeless. Each has her silo, but they have been known to work together for the benefit of their ... Continue Reading →
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