The Editor’s Notes
CMS Superintendent Ann Clark is hosting the first in a series of “coffee and conversation” meetings on Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Reid Park Academy, 4108 W. Tyvola Road in Charlotte.
The N.C. Chapter of the U.S. National Committee for United Nations Women is hosting a learning and engagement luncheon on September 22, 2015: “Learn Like a Girl: Gender, Education, Empowerment.” Registration is open until September 20. The program features local, national and international policymakers whose work impacts educational opportunities for women and girls including Andrea Conner, founder of Learn and Lead Globally; Dr. June Atkinson, State Superintendent of the Public Schools of North Carolina and President of the Council of Chief State School Officers; and Josh Stein, North Carolina Senator and Minority Whip.
The National Coalition on School Diversity is hosting a conference in Washington, DC on September 24-25, 2015: 21st Century School Integration: Building the Movement for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Click here to see the agenda and register.
Need to know
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New online credential program aims to turn out 10,000 new teachers in the next five years
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CMS student assignment and the public engagement puzzle
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Civil Wrongs: Federal equity initiative promotes paperwork, not equality
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Gaps in Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data
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When “school choice” leads families to trade one bad school for another
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Virtual charter schools offer students options
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America’s Teaching Force, by the Numbers
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‘Serving Up School Lunches of Tomorrow’
