Gap in Gaston County student achievement sparks board concern
The Gaston County school board reacts to a data driven report showing significant gaps in math and reading by race and grade levels. Discrepancies persist in algebra II and English passing rates between black and white students. Leaders call for targeted instruction and staff development to address underlying instructional factors and resegregation tied to academic tracks.
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Jennifer Davis
Ruth Angel
Sudderth
Gaston County
Davis
She
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Mickelson
UNC Charlotte
North Carolina
State Board of Education
Gaston Schools
Ed Sadler
Calvin Carter
Civil rights group backs reparations and reform agenda
The SCLC founded by Martin Luther King Jr outlines a new century program pushing slavery reparations via scholarships grants and low interest loans and calls for action against racial profiling amid panel discussions led by leaders including Dorothy Tillman and Joseph Lowery. King III pledges to carry on the legacy while acknowledging he cannot equal his father.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Chicago
Dorothy Tillman
SCLC
Joseph Lowery
Descen
Leon E. Frazier
Use of Force Research Institute
Supreme Court
King
Martin Luther King III
Martin
Governors tackle urban sprawl across states at NGA meeting
Governors from Maine and Wyoming described sprawl as a nationwide issue. Angus King Jr. said growth spreads without population growth, while Jim Geringer highlighted western land ownership and liberal zoning. The NGA discussed controlling growth and revitalizing cities to protect quality of life.
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Providence
R.I
Maine
Angus King Jr
Sions
National Governors’ Association
California
Wyoming
Jim Geringer
Geringer
U S led naval group rescues Iraqi oil crew
In Manama Bahrain a U S led naval force rescued 12 Iraqi crew from the tanker Georgias after it began sinking in the Persian Gulf while smuggling 2083 tons of illegal Iraqi oil. The Honduras flagged vessel was intercepted on Saturday by the Maritime Interception Force.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Navy
Melissa Schuermann
Northern
Gulf
Schuermann
U.N
Iraq
Kuwait
County police credit zone system in crime drop
Interim Gaston County Police Chief Bill Farley says a 24 seven captain overseer in each zone allows rapid redirecting of officers to problem areas. Violent crime fell from 1999 to 2000 across Gaston, with arson the sole category rising. End.
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Gaston County
Bill Farley
Farley
Department
Navy resumes Vieques bombing drills after brief halt
The U S Navy restarted bombing exercises on Vieques Puerto Rico after a one day break as protesters vow to keep entering the range. Fifty three trespass arrests were made since Thursday with Navy spokeswoman Lt Cmdr Katherine Goode noting detentions including protest leader Robert Rabin saying independence leader Juan Mari Bras his son and grandson were detained Monday. identities could not be confirmed.
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Vieques
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Navy
Cmdr
Katherine Goode
Robert Rabin
Juan Mari Bras
Navy Land
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