In The Achievable Dream: College Board Lessons on Creating Great Schools, Gaston Caperton* and Richard Whitmire highlight successful urban school districts and the reforms they implemented. In the book’s conclusion,…
Paul Clark of the Rhino Times has the details, Guilford County Schools Chief Financial Officer Sharon Ozment announced at the Guilford County Board of Education’s Thursday, June 30 meeting that…
Or put it this way — does Pete Gorman plan to still be superintendent come the first day of school in 2012? Anyone who knows anything about Charlotte could see…
With today’s reporting from Franco Ordoñez and Fred Clasen-Kelly, CMS and the Matthews Police Department enter a danger zone. In fact, the suspension of Butler High School Principal Theresa Hopkins…
Pundit House has unearthed a move by CMS to save money by reworking the Learning Community system called into being a couple years ago by Peter Gorman with great fanfare…
A discussion about achievement gaps in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools is in full swing at the Charlotte Observer website. Most CMSers appear to agree that teacher quality is key. I concur. But…
More schools in Wake County may adopt merit pay plans, according to an article in the N&O. For background on the topic, read my report on Guilford County’s successful merit…
This is creepy. I was talking to or emailing someone the other day — I want to say former Mecklenburg County commissioner Jim Puckett, but I could be completely wrong…
Here is an entertaining column by Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times. At least, it would be entertaining if the subject-matter were not so serious. Writes Lopez: I had…
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board tabled a vote last night on a request to conduct a more extensive audit of its free and reduced-lunch program. The CMS school board has wrangled…
The Guillford County Board of Education elected Mo Green as the school system’s new superintendent. That will make the N&R’s Doug Clark happy. Expect a lead editorial praising the decision…
I guarantee the topic of conversation around the kitchen tables of CMS teacher households this morning is the amazing salary creep at the top of CMS. Ann Doss Helms details…