VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In the face of budget cuts in the coming fiscal year, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board will debate whether to layoff teachers or implement staff cuts during a board meeting tonight. Neither option will be easy to swallow. Layoffs could mean the loss of jobs for hundreds of teachers and larger classroom sizes […]

Have you seen those moving American Express commercials about the program to educate black children in Harlem? The commercials are inspirational, and give viewers a sense of hope that we can help our children. Well the founder of that program, Harlem Children’s Zone, Geoffrey Canada, spoke in Charlotte on Thursday. According to an article in […]