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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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.
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After months of looking for Teaching Achieving Students Academy, a private school that gets state voucher money but didn’t seem to have a location, WFAE reporter Ann Doss Helms found the school earlier this month. But when she came to the WFAE studio a week later, she also found a “cease and desist” letter from its headmistress.
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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.