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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A flurry of votes on school mask policies in Charlotte-area schools comes as students return from winter break and COVID-19 cases surge across the country.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reports a steep increase in student and staff COVID-19 cases last week, the first week since the holiday break. Most appear linked to community spread of the omicron variant.
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With the omicron variant of COVID-19 raging as students returned to school, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reports hundreds of staff absences four days after the winter break.
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Union County Public Schools pulls the plug on its public COVID-19 data dashboard as second semester begins and omicron sends community cases spiking.
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North Carolina's revised COVID-19 rules, released Friday, mean students and staff will spend less time out of school when the virus crops up. They come as students are returning from winter break and the omicron variant sends numbers surging across the state.
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North Carolina's health director told the state Board of Education Thursday that the COVID-19 omicron variant is reshaping school strategies, but said consistent use of masks remains important.
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Almost 250,000 North Carolina students attended summer school in 2021 and many saw benefits, a report presented Wednesday says. But school districts struggled to recruit teachers and attract students.
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Mecklenburg County health officials say rising COVID-19 numbers could get worse unless people restrain New Year's gatherings. They also urged people who aren't sick not to go to emergency rooms for COVID tests.
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The Carolina School of Broadcasting in Charlotte faces an uncertain future as COVID-19 ends the internships that are a big part of the program.
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Police in Charlotte say an officer is expected to live after being shot during a foot chase Monday morning. The person suspected of shooting the officer is 14.