Great Schools Neighborhood Forum Presentations

CLICK HERE for video coverage of the March 20, 2010 Great Schools Neighborhood Forum

Dr. Gerald Grant, Professor of Education and Sociology Emeritus, Syracuse University

• Overcoming Barriers to Success
  

Caroline Massengill, Former Senior Director of Magnet Programs, WCPSS

• A History of Choice in Wake County

• Why High Poverty Schools Must Be Avoided

Dr. Helen Ladd, Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor, Duke Sanford School of Public Policy

• School Segregation and distribution of teachers

• Why it Matters Who Your Classmates Are: A National Perspective
  

Benita Jones, Research Fellow, UNC School of Law--Center for Civil Rights

• A History of Educational Advancement in North Carolina
• Court Leaves Diversity Policy Open, UNC School of Law
• Recommended Resources on School Diversity