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Ann Doss Helms
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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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With summer break more than halfway over, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is reminding parents that online learning packets are available for elementary school students.
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Teachers will feel the pinch as extra pay from federal pandemic aid disappears in the coming school year.
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The number of Russian-speaking students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, especially in the southeast suburbs, has grown since the invasion of Ukraine.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials say a new schedule of stipends for teachers who take on work such as band, theater and debate is fair and consistent. Some teachers say it's stingy.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board is getting ready to do a review of its student assignment policies. The last time around, in 2017, the board approved new ways to promote socioeconomic diversity. One effort in particular got a lot of attention at the time, but didn’t work out the way planners had hoped.
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North Carolina lawmakers' decision to adjourn without an updated 2024-25 budget left some big cliffhangers in the education world.
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An infusion of money to clear the waiting list of North Carolina school vouchers seemed like a sure thing, with support of Republican leaders who have a veto-proof majority. But the legislature adjourned without voting on it.
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The internet, a smaller newspaper newsroom, more journalism outlets and collaboration have all changed education coverage over the last two decades. But that hasn’t diminished the demand for it.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools got $3.4 million from the county to match the anticipated 4.5% teacher raises. But the General Assembly will hold raises to an average of 3% — unless lawmakers change their minds.
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How do you measure students' progress toward a productive life after high school graduation? That has been a major challenge for state and local officials, who have decided that just tracking graduation rates isn't good enough.