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EDUCATE! ARCHIVE -- SPRING 2005
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The Center for Civil Rights at UNC Chapel Hill re-issues its Dec. 27 report to correct data errors. The report calls on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education to eliminate the high-poverty schools created by its 2002 student assignment plan.
A report co-sponsored by CMS and the Charlotte Chamber warns that conditions in high-poverty schools is worsening. The panel headed by Peter Sidebottom and commissioned to find cost savings in CMS, says money from cost savings alone will not be enough to bolster teacher retention and student achievement in low-performing schools.
CMS responds to an Equity Committee request with data that shows that either tests are easier to pass in each succeeding grade or students are better prepared to succeed on key third-grade benchmark tests. Data is among the first to track a cohort of students through their school years at EquityPlus schools.
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