Millard House, left above, is executive director of New Leaders Charlotte, a nonprofit that trains school personnel and lateral-entry executives for leadership roles, chiefly for now in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. House was brought to CMS by Supt. Heath Morrison two years ago, but left CMS ... Continue Reading →
Nursing Amid Racism
Thereasea D. (TD) Elder was on the pilot program to integrate public health nurses in 1960s Charlotte. Her supervisors said that integration was going to happen, the black nurses would have to sell themselves to the public – and then assigned Elder to a neighborhood stronghold of the Ku Klux ... Continue Reading →
The Long Struggle for Equity in Education in North Carolina
For Black History Month, Forum participants suggested a session on some of the history of K-12 education in Mecklenburg County. Speakers were Arthur Griffin, longtime education advocate and former chair of the CMS Board of Education; Richard McElrath, former District 2 member of the board; and Sarah ... Continue Reading →
StudentFirst Academy: An update
Feb. 9, 2014 The following news story appeared Saturday on charlotteobserver.com and today in the printed paper. Read it here on charlotteobserver.com. A PDF of the three pages is here. Video on which some of the story is based is here. StudentFirst charter school dreams fade in ... Continue Reading →
Morrison on bond issue
Below are the introductory remarks by CMS Supt. Heath Morrison about next Tuesday's bond referendum. After his remarks, he fielded a number of questions. ... Continue Reading →
Allen Smith on westside schools
Oct. 22, 2013 In this short presentation and Q&A, CMS West Learning Community superintendent Allen Smith discusses how he is preparing for a November report on needs of westside schools. He also explained how the November school bond referendum, if approved by voters, would impact a number ... Continue Reading →
MeckEd names Sarah Stevenson its 2013 Education Champion
Observer coverage is here. ... Continue Reading →
Minority inclusion: 3 perspectives
Yana Symone Smith, left, serves as vice president for Teach for America in Charlotte. Her message of how the organization is changing to better train and retain its young mentees for longer and more effective service in the classroom was laced with straight talk about reforming an internal culture ... Continue Reading →
Forum ‘newcomer’ sees a disconnect
Lathan Wood, a recent transplant from Atlanta, has been attending the Forum recently and offered these comments about a disconnect between what he hears in the Forum on Tuesdays and what is happening on local high school and college campuses. ... Continue Reading →
Griffin warns of two-tiered school system
Arthur Griffin today pressed Forum participants to take ownership of improving CMS public education. That's a message he has been making during more than 40 years of active engagement in the work of his native county's public school system. Today, the message is laced with the national and ... Continue Reading →
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