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2009
5-17-09 Researcher Gary Orfield argues for more societal support for single working mothers.
5-1-09 N.C. Justice Center article notes increase in percentage of students failing, urges stronger intervention.
4-22-09 UCLA study on "Why High-Stakes Accountability Sounds Good Doesn't Work"
4-10-09 More CMS schools will open this fall with high-poverty student populations.
4-8-09 Point to Ponder: How can we fix what we say we don't understand?
2-28-09 Results of the CMS magnet lottery are released.
2-10-09 Two districts, Wake County and CMS, have handled assignment differently but for minority children, results about the same.
2-8-09 A look back at 1999 assignment decisions that have resegregated CMS schools.
2-5-09 Century Fund's Richard Kahlenberg warns against trying to make high-poverty schools "work."
2-1-09 CMS releases an Equity Report.
1-16-09 UNC to hold conference on legal environment for school racial integration.
1-14-09 Gary Orfield on Martin Luther King Jr.
2008
12-27-08 Read how Spaugh teacher Calvin Walton challenged his students to put Obama election in perspective.
12-27-08 Science scores in CMS are, in a word, abysmal.
12-11-08 Maps show where Board-certified teachers serve in CMS -- and where they don't.
9-24-08 CMS launches a "data dashboard" on its website for better access to test scores and other information.
9-24-08 Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education sponsor training for potential school board members on Nov. 1.
9-13-08 Upcoming talk by The Rev. Aleia Salvatierra focuses on 'crisis of working poverty.'
8-26-08 Graphic tracks Critical Reading SAT scores against poverty statistics by high school.
8-26-08 Mike Collins takes discussion of "Education and Poverty" paper to WJZY-TV. Segment can be viewed online.
8-20-08 On "Charlotte Talks, Fellowship board members, school board member and familly court judge discuss "Education and Poverty" paper. on WFAE.
8-14-08 Fellowship holds community discussion of "Education and Poverty in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools."
6-25-08 Chart displays ethnic score gaps in CMS on high school end-of-course tests by subject.
6-24-08 Chart displays ethnic score gap in CMS on end-of-grade math scores.
5-28-08 Supt. Gorman's plans to move principals from academically underperforming schools shows a focus on high-poverty schools, and only some of those.
5-21-08 The sky sends down congratulations to those preparing to graduate from CMS.
3-21-08 The N.C. Forum's Friday Report compares five-year school construction needs with expected revenue from N.C. education lottery.
3-21-08 CMS data shows the link between poverty and low academic performance.
3-4-08 CMS profiles Dr. Cindy Moss, a science educator who turns around student lives with high expectations.
3-1-08 CMS students reporting having been in a physical fight: Data from the 2007 CMS Youth Risk Behiavor Survey.
2-27-08 CMS students reporting being home alone after school: Data from the 2007 CMS Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
2-18-08 Daughter of 1980s school board member responds to Toronto Star story, laments changes in her Charlotte schools.
2-11-08 The Toronto Star reports on "new racial divide" in Charlotte.
2007
12-13-07 Swannn Fellowship Board endorses League of Women Voters effort to reform funding at high-needs CMS schools.
2-09-07 Dean of the UNC Law School, in an address to Charlotte lawyers, asks whether Charlotte assignment puts children at risk.
2-1-07 CMS dropouts soared in 2005-06. A Charlotte Observer report.
1-24-07 N.C. dropout rate accounting is about to change. An explanation from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
1-11-07 Schools turning to wealth, not race, to integrate schools. A USAToday report.
1-07-07 A Leandro-type
lawsuit is filed in Washington
State. A Seattle Times report.
2006
12-07
Wisconsin Center for Education
Research reviews the legacy of the 1966 Coleman report, finds that key
finding "has stood the test of time."