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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North Carolina's Charter Schools Review Board renewed a Charlotte school's funding after a state official backed down on financial discipline. They'll wait a month to decide whether to close a Kinston school.
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North Carolina teachers are leaving at higher rates, while Charlotte-area school districts are competing to hire each other's educators, a new state report shows.
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Leaders of Gastonia's Ridgeview Charter School are asking the North Carolina Board of Education for a second chance to improve test scores. But a committee voted Tuesday to recommend cutting off the school's funding.
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Civics 101 hosts six sessions to deepen people's knowledge of local institutions. But this round included the league’s first school-age participant.
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North Carolina notifies families that 13,500 students will get new Opportunity Scholarships in 2024, but roughly 40,000 make too much money under the new priority system.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials say they're getting close to having a five-year plan for improvement and a long-range budget to support those strategies.
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Almost 27% of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' teachers aren't certified for the classes they're assigned to, according to a report to the school board. The report blames national teacher shortages.
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North Carolina lawmakers focused on education reform want the General Assembly to change the way the state grades schools.
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When North Carolina lawmakers voted for a dramatic expansion of private school vouchers, they added a small step toward accountability for the schools that get public money. But so far that demand is mostly creating concern and confusion.
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North Carolina's voucher expansion makes all private school students eligible for public money to help pay tuition, starting in August. But about one-third of private schools don't take Opportunity Scholarships.