Topic: Community Fights School Takeover Carver Heights Elementary School in Wayne County has been picked by the Innovative School District to become the 2nd NC school to be taken over […]
Friday Report – October 26, 2018
This week in #nced: Why Can’t NC Kids Read? Another Study Shows Read To Achieve Produced No Gains; UNC President Margaret Spellings Is Leaving the University System, Sources Say
When School Desegregation Mattered in Charlotte
Dorothy Counts, center, tried to desegregate Harding High School in Charlotte on Sept. 4, 1957, but met hostility from white classmates and parents. Photo Credit: UNC library collection. By Keith […]
Education Matters – The Color of Law
Topic: The Color of Law Our guest this week is best-selling author Richard Rothstein. He’s a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California at Berkeley School […]
The Friday Report – October 19, 2018
This week in #nced: Analysis Detects No State-Level Impacts for ‘Read to Achieve’ Initiative; NC Leaders Approve $850 Million for Hurricane Florence Recovery. How Will They Spend It?
Education Matters – Students and Race
Topic: Students and Race “America To Me” is a new documentary series currently airing on the Starz cable network that was screened this week at events in Durham and Charlotte. […]
Friday Report – October 12, 2018
This week in #nced: Students, Teachers Reconnect in the Classroom After Florence; State Eyeing Takeover of Six Low-Performing Schools
Education Matters – Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones
Topic: Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the country’s most respected and influential voices on issues of race and education. She was named […]
Friday Report – October 5, 2018
This week in #nced: Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education; Cooper Signs Legislation Providing $56.6M in Florence Relief
Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education
Award-winning New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones pulled no punches on Tuesday night before a crowd of more than 500 people at the kickoff event for the Color of […]