Ann Doss Helms
Ann Doss Helms has covered education in the Charlotte region for over 20 years, first at The Charlotte Observer, and for WFAE since 2019. She has won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, several first place North Carolina Press Association awards for education reporting, and 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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Members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board spent Monday visiting legislative offices in Washington, D.C., to lobby for money, flexibility, broadband access and better cafeteria food.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill continues her shakeup of district administration with the appointment of 10 assistant superintendents.
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The NC Chamber of Commerce sounds an alarm after Michele Morrow topples incumbent Republican Catherine Truitt in the GOP primary for state schools superintendent. A look at how this shifts North Carolina's education scene.
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North Carolina’s Charter Schools Review Board voted unanimously to cut off public funding for Gastonia’s Ridgeview Charter School, a high-poverty K-8 school with consistently low test scores.
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A North Carolina principals' group asks the General Assembly to revise their pay scale, with more money for leading high-needs schools and less tied to performance pay.
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About 72,000 students applied for North Carolina private school vouchers for 2024-25. That means about 40,000 higher-income families may be turned down.
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A Charlotte private school that gets North Carolina vouchers but didn't seem to have a location lists a new address in Cabarrus County. And a reporter finds students there.
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Three Democratic state legislators from Mecklenburg County and Gaston County's Republican county commission chairman will advance to November's North Carolina council of state races.
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Matthews town commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to immediately stop remote public comments, after last week’s meeting saw a handful of speakers using Zoom to disparage Jews, LGBTQ people and immigrants.
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The system, which would require approval of the General Assembly, would still include results on state reading, math and science exams. But it would add data on career and college preparation, chronic absenteeism, teacher surveys and extracurricular activities. Each school would get four grades, for proficiency, progress, readiness and opportunity.