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For more than 20 years, Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews has examined how well high schools throughout the country have challenged their students through a methodology he devised called the Challenge Index. Instead of measuring schools by standardized test scores, the Challenge Index ranks them by their success in getting less than stellar students into the most challenging courses and tests — AP, International Baccalaureate and Cambridge. It uses a simple ratio to determine how challenging a school is by looking at the number of course exams given at the end of the course divided by the number of graduating seniors.

00000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d18450000Planning on voting in the 2018 midterm elections, but don’t know where to start?WFAE’s 2018 Midterm Voter Guide has all of the information Mecklenburg County voters need to know, including how to find your voting precinct, and break-downs of key races, voting bonds and ballot amendments.With the election right around the corner, here’s what you need in order to prepare for polls.Don't miss the Charlotte Talks Midterm Elections Special 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Booth Playhouse. More information and register for free here.

2019 was Charlotte's deadliest year since 1993. There were 107 homicides reported plus 12 cases considered by police and prosecutors to be justified homicides, according to CMPD.00000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d19f7000000000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d19f70006

00000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d1d790000Two mass shootings occurred in less than 24 hours on Aug. 3-4, 2019. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. Aug. 3 a 21-year-old white man entered a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and began firing a gun killing 20 people and injuring 26. He was taken into police custody, and two more of the wounded victims died. At 1 a.m. Aug. 4 in Dayton, Ohio, a 24-year-old white man opened fire in area of town filled with bars and restaurants called the Oregon District. He shot and killed nine people and injured 27. The shooter was killed by police.