Ann Doss Helms
Ann Doss Helms covered education in the Charlotte region for over 20 years, first at The Charlotte Observer, and for WFAE since 2019. She retired in 2024. 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.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials consider waiting an extra year to launch a Montessori magnet shuffle that could leave Dilworth Elementary severely overcrowded. -
A question about access came up at last week’s back-to-school news briefing. CMS held an embargoed briefing on student assignment recommendations. Only four broadcast outlets were included. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools violated North Carolina’s public records law by withholding a tally of rapes and sexual assaults at schools from WBTV, a court-appointed mediator says. -
Tuesday night’s school board meeting was originally going to include a public hearing on plans presented two weeks ago. But the board has pushed that hearing back to September 10th, with a vote at the end of the month.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials said they won’t have any data on on-time buses today. But Chief Operations Officer Tim Ivey asked parents to be patient.
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Catherine Truitt talks about reading, innovation and politics as she nears the end of her term as North Carolina's superintendent of public instruction. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have released more details about a missed grant deadline that's costing the district up to $450,000. -
About 75% of North Carolina school districts will bring students back on Monday. Here's what to know about Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. -
Kids getting ready for Monday’s opening day at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools need to remember to leave some items home because they can trigger the district’s walk-through metal detectors.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is still looking for teachers and bus drivers less than a week before students return to class. But CMS has fewer vacancies than it had last summer.
