Ann Doss Helms
Ann Doss Helms covers education for WFAE. She was a reporter for The Charlotte Observer for 32 years, including 16 years on the education beat. She has repeatedly won first place in education reporting from the North Carolina Press Association and won the 2015 Associated Press Senator Sam Open Government Award for reporting on charter school salaries.
She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's in liberal arts from Winthrop University.
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Fewer North Carolina students were homeschooled last year than the previous year, a new state tally shows. -
North Carolina officials say there's progress with young readers but third-grade reading goals will likely remain unmet. -
A North Carolina House special committee on the future of education wrapped up its work Monday with a handful of broad suggestions for the General Assembly. -
The North Carolina Board of Education is considering a plan to overhaul how teachers are paid and licensed. -
North Carolina test scores being released Thursday will give a snapshot of academic recovery from pandemic setbacks. School letter grades that have been on hold since 2019 will return. -
A Charlotte teacher's public records request shows North Carolina education and business leaders gearing up to promote dramatic changes in teacher licensure and pay. They say change is needed. He says they're squelching criticism. -
The House Education Committee Wednesday approved a bill that would put a constitutional amendment on North Carolina's education leadership system on the November ballot. -
North Carolina's top two education officials say summer meals will be disrupted and kids could go hungry starting July 1 if supports introduced during the pandemic aren't extended. -
Project Scientist, a STEM club for girls that started in Charlotte, piloted its first Spanish-language club and plans to expand into Mexico. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Earnest Winston tells a board member he's not filing criminal truancy complaints against parents, as required by North Carolina law.
