The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously last night to approve Phase 1 of a new student assignment plan. The plan will give priority to disadvantaged student, assigning them with consideration of the family income, level of education, and neighborhood in which they live. The board hopes the plan will create 13,000 new magnet seats for […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously last night to approve Phase 1 of a new student assignment plan. The plan will give priority to disadvantaged student, assigning them with consideration of the family income, level of education, and neighborhood in which they live. The board hopes the plan will create 13,000 new magnet seats for […]
With extensive training, community outreach and research, The Hip-Hop Education Center assesses how hip-hop can play an important factor in education. Currently, there are 300 international programs that use the genre to infiltrate social change in the minds of adults and youths.
DURHAM’s makeup schedule spare weekends and spring break but extends the school year by two days. Traditional calendar: •March 11, originally an early release day •March 27, originally a teacher work day •April 29, originally an early release day •June 10 and 11 – the last day of school was June 9 Year-round calendar: • […]
The state released it’s first report card results today. Nearly half of NC Public and Charter schools received a C grade (41%), 24% received a B and 5.4 received an A. Nearly a quarter (23%) received a D and 6% received an F. CLICK HERE for a list of schools and scores. Text “LIGHT” To […]
New CMS Superintendent Heath Morrison cracked joked, flashed a winning smile and was quick witted during a talk to the Charlotte Chamber in Ballantyne last…
ATLANTA – Three middle school students were suspended or expelled from Chapel Hill Middle School for writing that their teacher was a rapist, a pedophile and was bi-polar. Also read: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 1990s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
Crystal Simmons, the principal for Academy for Social Action in New York City, is facing being fired after it was revealed that she had an affair with her assistant principal, Candy Jones. The New York Daily News reports: Crystal Simmons, founding principal of the Academy for Social Action, turned to officials for help after her […]
RALEIGH — A powerful accreditation agency has threatened to immediately remove its certification from Wake County’s high schools unless the school system cooperates with its review. In a letter to the school system, Kenneth Bergman, the general counsel for Advancing Excellence in Education Worldwide, or AdvancED, writes that the agency is concerned about the “openly […]
Next month’s opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968. With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation’s most […]
