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Front Porch Charlotte

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Diploma ‘endorsements’: Making a case for their use in tracking student success

Feb. 14, 2017

Arthur Griffin believes that a little-known N.C. tool already in place might give an additional and useful picture of whether CMS is preparing all students for a productive future.

The tool would be aggregate data on diploma “endorsements.” The endorsement stickers that are attached to individual N.C. students’ graduation diplomas are awarded to students who met state standards for being prepared for either vocational or post-secondary educational success. There are five separate endorsements for elements to such “career or college ready” success. N.C. students may be enrolled in a high school that voluntarily issues one or more such endorsement to qualified students.

In a video since taken down from the CMS website, Griffin reported to the board his limited success in obtaining data because he is neither a legislator not a member of the State Board of Education. He asked the board to ask its staff for a “comprehensive” report on the data related to CMS graduates. When Board Chair Mary McCray asked Supt. Ann Clark whether that would be possible, Clark replied, “Absolutely.”

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Growing up, I learned life lessons on the front porch. Today’s front porch has moved to the Internet. I want this site to focus on children, public education and efforts to ensure that every child becomes a well-educated, mature, motivated adult.

– Arthur Griffin

The 3AM Blog

Observations that may or may not bear up under the light of day, as posted at any time of the day by those involved in this site.

Past, present, or…

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

How will we respond?

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

Is there anything wrong with this picture?

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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