He'd been teaching world history at Garinger High. He came to the profession late, this being his fifth year of teaching. He's been making up for lost time. James Ford, 33, was named earlier this month the 2014 North Carolina Teacher of the Year. In an appearance today at the Forum, Ford ... Continue Reading →
C.W. Williams Community Health Center and the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday's presentation about the Affordable Care Act was long long long. It was a good primer in what's been involved in the first round of signing up uninsured Americans for health coverage under the 2010 law. It also came a day after a Charlotte Observer story laid out the leadership changes ... Continue Reading →
Carolina Impact on GrandFamilies
Sylvia Grier was among the people interviewed in a WTVI Carolina Impact feature about grandparents and great-grandparents raising children. The YouTube version of the March 27 broadcast is below. ... Continue Reading →
Forum session unearths disappointments with both charters, districts
In a packed house with more than a dozen elected officials or candidates present, Tuesday's session on public education in Mecklenburg unearthed deep disappointment over how all public schools in Mecklenburg are not meeting the N.C. constitutional mandate to afford every child a sound basic ... Continue Reading →
The West Charlotte High School Story
This 1996 video, "West Charlotte High School Story," was re-aired on the GOV Channel on March 7 as a tribute to Leroy “Pop” Miller, who died March 1. ... Continue Reading →
Sandra Clory’s trip to Egypt in search of her father’s roots
Sandra Clory made a presentation at the Forum about a search for information about her father's roots that led her to Egypt and an exploration of the story of the Ethopian Jews. Excerpts from her presentation are below. Clory passed out to participants this handout. ... Continue Reading →
New Leaders: School leader training program update
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 →
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