Ann Doss Helms
Ann Doss Helms covers education for WFAE. She was a reporter for The Charlotte Observer for 32 years, including 16 years on the education beat. She has repeatedly won first place in education reporting from the North Carolina Press Association and won the 2015 Associated Press Senator Sam Open Government Award for reporting on charter school salaries.
She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's in liberal arts from Winthrop University.
Reach her at ahelms@wfae.org or 704-926-3859.
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Eric Ward, who has served as principal of four Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, died of a stroke Wednesday at 46. -
A sign placed over a Union County high school drinking fountain that sparked accusations of racism was left over from a cheerleading session, a district spokesperson said Wednesday.
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North Carolina schools no longer have to report COVID-19 data to scientists, even though the delta variant and disputes over masking and quarantines pose new questions.
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The Union County school board voted Monday morning to follow state requirements to quarantine students exposed to COVID-19, but district staff still won't take part in contact tracing. Union County is one of three North Carolina districts that doesn't require masks.
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The head of Read Charlotte is calling for tutors and volunteers to help students recover from learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online Reading Checkup tool can help.
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North and South Carolina are among 26 states with an OSHA workplace safety plan that could require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees of public school districts. State officials are awaiting details.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted Tuesday to keep requiring masks, while the Lincoln County board voted to follow Union County's model: Masks optional, no more quarantines.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with more than 19,000 employees, will start requiring staff members to report their vaccination status next week. It’s preparation for COVID-19 screening of unvaccinated adults.
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A group of Union County doctors who have kids in public schools are voicing their frustration over the school board’s insistence that masks should be a personal choice. They say officials and the public are not hearing from the people who have personal and professional experience with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Union County school board Tuesday revised its employee code of ethics to add language related to the national debate over critical race theory. It requires employees to promote certain views of race and sex.
