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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North Carolina is pumping millions into new types of summer school designed to introduce careers and get students ready for new settings. -
Executives from Charlotte’s health care and financial sectors are helping Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools deal with a leadership transition and pandemic challenges.
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Union County school board members say the county's education budget is inadequate and the vote was based on flawed information.
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North Carolina's top two education officials say summer meals will be disrupted and kids could go hungry starting July 1 if supports introduced during the pandemic aren't extended.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently released the tab for an outside lawyer to investigate former Superintendent Earnest Winston: $12,000.
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UNC Charlotte is launching a new research program that pairs academics with community leaders to study opportunities for upward mobility.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted Tuesday to send $442,000 worth of clear backpacks to a surplus auction. The interim superintendent says he doubts the warning labels that sparked concern indicate real danger.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will vote Tuesday on selling 46,000 clear book bags, which the district spent $442,000 to buy, at a surplus property auction.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh recently walked out of a private meeting with the African-American Faith Alliance. Clashing accounts of that meeting reveal rifts over choosing a superintendent and educating Black kids.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' large high schools will hold graduation ceremonies Saturday through Thursday. Expect heavy traffic around the venues.
