Feb. 5, 2013 LaTarzja Henry has been a central administrator with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for more than a decade, mostly in communications positions. Henry was at the Forum this morning to explain her new role as an assistant superintendent for a new department of community ... Continue Reading →
Anthony Foxx on the State of the City
Delivered Feb. 4, 2013 Below is the prepared text of the speech: One Charlotte, One Future Mayor Anthony Foxx State of the City Address February 4, 2013 As prepared for delivery: Good morning, and thanks to all of you for joining the State of the City. My fellow residents, I ... Continue Reading →
New Leaders: Training school leaders for today’s challenges
Jan. 29, 2013 Leaders, advisers, alumni and "students" in the New Leaders program addressed the Forum today about a program designed to give educators in challenging CMS schools the tools they need to help every child succeed. There was much hope and celebration in the room Tuesday. But there ... Continue Reading →
Ken Koontz on New Leaders program
Jan 29, 2013 New Leaders asked for a transcript of what Forum regular Ken Koontz said during the Forum about New Leaders and public schools and charter schools working together for all children. A transcript follows. Below the transcript is a player for the audio. Ken Koontz, ... Continue Reading →
N.C. Rep. Kelly Alexander on literacy tests, Art Pope and more
Jan. 22, 2013 Rep. Kelly Alexander was in the Forum audience Tuesday, and facilitator Sarah Stevenson called on him for impromptu remarks. In those remarks, Alexander addressed: – GOP of all branches of N.C. government. – Alexander's efforts to remove from the N.C. Constitution a literacy ... Continue Reading →
Advocate for ‘shared parenting’ addresses Forum
Jan. 22, 2013 Sheila Peltzer's grandchildren got caught up in the process by which family courts award custody of children to one or another parent after a separation or divorce. And Peltzer clearly believes that the law did not do right by these children – or most other children. Her experience ... Continue Reading →
Ursula Douglas on Nurse-Family Partnership
Jan. 15, 2013 Ursula Douglas described the Nurse-Family Partnership she manages at Care Ring (formerly Community Heath Services). ... Continue Reading →
StudentFirst Academy charter: Plans for a window on the world
Jan. 8, 2013 The staff of a charter school expecting to be teaching more than 400 students this fall laid out their plans for a Paideia curriculum with an international flavor at the Tuesday Forum. School owner Phyllis Handford is making the transition from operating as a small private, ... Continue Reading →
Christmas Party 2012
Dec. 18, 2012 Below is a video from the Forum's 2012 Christmas Party. ... Continue Reading →
Irby on health care costs, fiscal cliff, Obamacare
Dec. 11, 2012; posted Jan. 27, 2013 Beverly Irby, CEO of the C.W. Williams Community Health Center, addressed the Forum on how pending legislation, and health reform, would impact the financing of heath care for the poor. Below in one video are most of Irby's comments. The C.W. Williams website ... Continue Reading →
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