FLORIDA — A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” highlighted the growing number of homeless youth in Seminole County, where local schools are providing them with access to an education.
VIA NEW YORK TIMES A new report to be released on Tuesday show that black student’ proficiency in core subjects is worse than people realize. According to the study, only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys, and only 12 percent of black eighth-grade boys […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER These days most of the news coming from CMS has been negative, and sometimes down-right depressing. However, this week we have something to cheer about. Pass rates on high school exams rose from 76 to 79 percent in one year – and increased 85 percent counting retests. The four-year graduation rate rose […]
With all the strategy that goes into getting your child into the “right” school, the reality is that you never really know what you’re going to end up with.
VIA CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM Up to 880 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employees, including 658 teachers, could lose their jobs under budget scenarios Superintendent Peter Gorman presented to the school board Wednesday. Gorman and board members say they’ll also consider more drastic measures, such as closing underfilled schools and eliminating busing for magnet schools. Gorman said the anticipated 2010-11 cuts […]
Via: CharlotteObserver.com Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ final meeting on high school magnet changes brought a crescendo of anger Thursday, as 250 people cheered speakers who hammered officials for their last-minute proposal to shift students from Harding University High to East Meck. “We are under capacity and you’re coming to our school and taking away from us?” said […]
