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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."