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 →
Waddell on year-round, Common Core
CMS school board member Joyce Waddell discussed year-round schools and the Common Core curriculum at the Forum Tuesday. ... Continue Reading →
Mary McCray on CMS budget
Mary McCray, Chairperson of the CMS Board of Education, discussed the just-approved school budget at the Forum Tuesday. ... Continue Reading →
A star in the West
He's lived here before, selling ads for two Charlotte radio stations. This time, he'll be making waves of a different kind. Allen Smith and his family have just arrived, but he asked to address the Forum this morning as a way to introduce himself to the community, to make his case for how to ... Continue Reading →
Morrison: Answers to 6 questions
May 28, 2013 A bit more than a year after his first visit at the Forum, CMS Supt. Heath Morrison spent his 20-minute introductory remarks recounting his first year, as if his audience had not been paying attention. He didn't get fired up until well into a Q&A session when he was asked to ... Continue Reading →
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