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Separate But Equal: Here We Go Again January 19, 2017
Jan. 19, 2017 I was asked by several people to take a look at the most recent CMS Pupil Assignment documents. The documents include a CMS Board policy statement, board minutes discussed below and the maps below. After reading the published documents, I’m not convinced we know what we are doing. The hypocrisy and lack of commitment ...
‘Disruptive Demographics and North Carolina’s Education Challenges’ May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015: UNC demographer James Johnson offers the school board a glimpse of the demographic trends that are reshaping America, and North Carolina, and Mecklenburg County.
Our children deserve more coordinated work on poverty, reading January 10, 2015
High levels of poverty and low levels of reading are inseparable problems that should be studied and ameliorated together.
English language learners: Small number, big increase December 11, 2014
Dec. 11, 2014: Percentage of English language learners is highest at earliest grades. A chart.

Past, present, or…

1/30/17: Children represent 23% of the present U.S. population and 100% of our collective future.

1-29-17: “We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact we haven’t so far.”

– Ronald Edmonds (May 24, 1935- July 15, 1983)

Opportunities abound

12-28-16: At its Oct. 25 meeting the CMS Board of Education approved a bunch of construction contracts, mostly for heating and air conditioning work. They are listed here in descending order of percentage participation by minority, women and small business enterprises.

34.74% Providence High HVAC Controls
1.5% Harding High chiller
0% Cornelius Elementary chiller
0% J.T. Williams HVAC controls
0% Myers Park High chiller
0% Pawtucket Elementary roof

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Break the cycle

8-21-15: Who gets the leg up from pre-K programs? In 2013 about half of the children of adults with graduate or professional degrees were enrolled. But only about a quarter of the children of adults with less than a high school education were enrolled. Let’s break the cycle right there! Data from The Condition of Education 2015.

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