"Incredible Black Women You Should Know About" – The Series If I hear "Critical Race Theory" one more time, I'm going to scream! Teaching a class on this scholarly investigation of the intersectionality of law and race is not a thing. Since 2020, conservative U.S. lawmakers have sought to ban or ... Continue Reading →
A library retools for the digital/lockdown era
Aug. 31, 2021 The library began turning on a dime in March 2020, when its classes and readings and so forth had to go digital if they were to reach outside the lockdown. Hannah Terrell this morning shared with Forum participants some of what that's meant for an institution, once focused on ... Continue Reading →
The Vanishing Blue Heaven Park
Page initiated Aug. 28, 2021 President George Washington told his diary that Charlottetown was "a trifling place." Residents have often had another view, which has inspired them to remake their 19th century cotton trading town into a banking center and transit point for international travel; to ... Continue Reading →
Wexford outlines goals for medical center development
Aug. 24, 2021 Anxieties and excitement were both on display this morning as development officials outlined plans for an Innovation Zone that in a decade may surround the Wake Forest School of Medicine-Charlotte. Excitement came mostly from the presenters, who had plans to lay out: $300 million ... Continue Reading →
Some history of the medical school site
Aug. 20, 2021 Frank and Hattie Dixon lived at 617 Long St. He was a helper at Tabriz Persian Rugs at 501 E. Trade. St. Robert Roach, a yardman, lived at 620 Long St., across from the Dixons. George and Willie Brown lived at 621. He was an orderly at Presbyterian Hospital. One block west, between ... Continue Reading →
Startup at CMS: Hoping for no further Covid ‘pivots’
Aug. 17, 2021 Watching their Covid updates and their employee vacancy lists, members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education today fielded questions from Forum participants about plans for the coming year. Chairperson Elyse Dashew did most of the presentation. Five members of the board ... Continue Reading →
Hechinger Report looks at grade structure
Aug. 16, 2021 Writer Kelly Field focused on Charlotte K-8s and middle schools to explore the question in the headline: “Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?” Her answer, of course, is that it is complicated, but that the key fixes have little to do with grade structure and everything to ... Continue Reading →
Critical Race Theory: A Primer
Aug. 10, 2021 Longtime paralegal and former school board chair Arthur Griffin focused on the academic underpinnings and legal focus of the originators of a variety of analyses that seem to get mixed together in some Americans' current obsession with "critical race theory." Board of County ... Continue Reading →
FCC offers help with broadband affordability
Aug. 6, 2021 The office of N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus distributed this flier about an FCC program to help with affordability of broadband services. ... Continue Reading →
Center City Partners’ 2040 plan
Aug. 4, 2021 At Tuesday's Open Forum, there was discussion about a draft Center City Partners plan, released in late July, that offers visions for a number of near-uptown neighborhoods, including the West Trade/Beatties Ford corridor. The draft plan is heavy on pictures, but at 160 pages the PDF ... Continue Reading →
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