As an educational leader and president of the Guilford County Association of Educators (GCAE), I feel a deep sense of loss to learn that Superintendent Dr. Sharon L. Contreras will be departing GCS in August. Dr. Contreras’ departure will be a loss for our district’s students, teachers, and …
You’ve probably heard of Greensboro Pride – the large festival that takes over South Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro each September, bringing in performances, vendors, and thousands of attendees.
In May 2021, more than 100 local professionals who work in the fields of mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and substance use disorder provided a letter to Winston-Salem City Council recommending a mental health alternative response program wherein 911 dispatchers are t…
Dear Editor and readers,
r children starting kindergarten for the 2021-22 school year in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will end April 23, 2021. Also, in 2021, district staff are preparing the first major review of its Student Assignment Plan since School Choice was implemented in 1995.
"The Educated Youth" is my descriptor for a subset of the population of contemporary young people. By “young,” I mean those ranging in age from teenagers to their mid-thirties. “Educated” indicates those sufficiently informed on both marginalized communities and policy procedures to comprehe…
As the nation begins to wind down from an exhausting Trump-era administration where chaos, contradiction, and following the rule of law has been subject to interpretation, is it any wonder why local Democratic voters are shocked and appalled at the most recent turn of events in local politics?
Dear Dr. Moore, Mr. Winslow, and Dr. Taylor:
Like so many others, I have watched with dismay the will of the people of North Carolina subverted because of the gerrymandering inflicted upon us by the Republican controlled General Assembly. We have been living with voting maps that don’t offer us fair representation and deliberately igno…
The coronavirus pandemic has not been easy on any of us. We have all made sacrifices, big and small, to flatten the curve and protect our communities from the virus. But looking at the data, it is clear that the burden of this pandemic has fallen most heavily on communities of color in North…
