Foundation For The Carolinas Annual Meeting

Courage and Commitment

Thursday, March 11, 2010; noon to 1:30 p.m.

Charlotte Convention Center

301 South College Street

The event will feature keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada, children's advocate and President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone. Click Here to learn more and to register for the event.

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Relevant Local Education News

Dropout rate down in CMS, state

Ann Doss Helms - The Charlotte Observer - 3/5/2010

The dropout rate fell in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and hit an all-time low for North Carolina last year, a report released Thursday shows.

Harlem poverty-fighter speaking in Charlotte

Poten & Partners - The Charlotte Observer - 2/6/2010

Geoffrey Canada, whose model for breaking the cycle of urban poverty in Harlem has inspired President Barack Obama to clone it nationwide, will speak in Charlotte next month at the Foundation for the Carolinas annual meeting. More>>

Report cites disparity in CMS spending

Ann Doss Helms - The Charlotte Observer - 01-27-10

Per-pupil spending is highest in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's small, high-poverty schools and lowest in large suburban ones, a report released Tuesday shows. More>>

Gorman's gamble for better schools

Ann Doss Helms - The Charlotte Observer - 01-26-10

Dynamic. Charismatic. Inspirational.

Those are terms that evaluation teams used to describe some of the principals Superintendent Peter Gorman ousted as part of his signature quest to improve schools. More>>

Noteworthy National News

No Child Left Behind revamp pitched

Sam Dillon - New York Times - 02-02-10

The Obama administration said on Monday that it would ask Congress to raise education spending by about $3.5 billion, a 7.5 percent increase, for the 2011 fiscal year, even as it sought to limit other categories of domestic spending. More>>

Revolutionary Educators

Nicole Perlroth and Katy Finneran - Forbes.com - 12-21-09

What is needed is a revolutionary approach. The 14 educators on our list are taking radical tacts, and in many cases, they are accomplishing the seemingly impossible.  More