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Great, actually. Still love coming to North Carolina though. I just hope the state doesn't jump the rails too much more poltically. For me, the swing to Right has tainted things. That said, NC has so many good people and great bones. I hope it moves back more to the (political) center soon?
By the way, Charlotte especially....and Durham, Raleigh, Asheville...even GSO and Winston are looking great
In regards to school grades, honestly this is something that people need to not take at face value, there are a lot of factors that will bring down a schools score, this does not mean that the school is bad or that your child can't receive a great education at said school.
At the end of the day, education does not start at school nor does it end there. It begins at home, a lot of what effects a child's performance is how they value education. If a child is in a environment where either the parents don't value education or the majority of his/her peers, this will effect him/her performance at school.
There are kids performing more then just well at many of these schools that don't necessarily look good on paper, but at the same time produce students that go on to top colleges. There are again many things that brings down a school score and one of them is increasing poverty.
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Two new studies on education and poverty were reported in Education Week in October. The first from the Southern Education Foundation reveals that nearly half of all U.S. public school students live in poverty. Poverty has risen in every state since President Clinton left office.The second study, conducted by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, reveals that poverty — not race, ethnicity, national origin or where you attend school — is the best predictor of college attendance and completion
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15.8 million children lived in food-insecure households in 2012
There are other issues associated with poverty, and hunger that effects how a child will learn, and this reflects school scores.
Tad bit long but just explaining that both areas have good schools, and that one city have a higher performance grade then the other on paper isn't a real reason for bragging rights.
With Whole Foods being official for Crescent Stonewall, I don't think Tryon Place will be the landing place for Lidl, at least not a location of their grocery store, although I'm not ruling out them having a presence in the office building. I only say this because I have a hard time believing both Crescent projects will have a grocery store.
I will say however, that I truly believe Belk will open a Express store at Tryon Place
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Uptown Charlotte is getting another grocery store...Whole Foods intends to be a part of new mid- and high-residential project. And, Publix and Harris Teeter are building Southend on the Blue Line. Nice job CLT!
Plus a probable Publix at sky house 2 in 1st ward to complement the HT in 4th ward, the 7th St public market & several independent operators like meat & fish co new store on morehead. Plus at least 2 developments that I know of are looking for grocery tenants
Since 2000, Charlotte has seen $6 billion in public and private investment in its core, according to Michael Smith, president and CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners. “And in that time, downtown population went from 8,000 to more than 25,000.” What we are seeing now is the putting together of a master plan 20 years ago. All the development in uptown is no accident.
When uptown is built out where does it expand to next, most likely
SouthEndhttp://www.historicsouthend.com/ ,
Midtown ,http://www.metmidtown.com/shop,
Plaza Midwood http://plazamidwood.com/ ,
Elizabeth http://www.elizabethcommunity.com/ NODA http://www.noda.org/
In regards to school grades, honestly this is something that people need to not take at face value, there are a lot of factors that will bring down a schools score, this does not mean that the school is bad or that your child can't receive a great education at said school.
At the end of the day, education does not start at school nor does it end there. It begins at home, a lot of what effects a child's performance is how they value education. If a child is in a environment where either the parents don't value education or the majority of his/her peers, this will effect him/her performance at school.
There are kids performing more then just well at many of these schools that don't necessarily look good on paper, but at the same time produce students that go on to top colleges. There are again many things that brings down a school score and one of them is increasing poverty.
There are other issues associated with poverty, and hunger that effects how a child will learn, and this reflects school scores.
Tad bit long but just explaining that both areas have good schools, and that one city have a higher performance grade then the other on paper isn't a real reason for bragging rights.
I would disagree. One city having clearly better schools. Gives it plenty of bragging rights. Both judged on the same scale. The two largest systems in the state. One with many schools getting F's. The other with no F's. There is a clear advantage here.
One area invested and focused on schools more than the other. This is the result.
The other focused on other thingsn, public trans for example.
Charlotte has a bigger city feel, Raleigh is more of a sprawling urban/suburban setting which graciously flows into the surrounding areas (Durham, Wake Forest, Cary, Knightdale, Garner). And definitely do not worry about Trader Joe's. There is one in Raleigh and in Cary.
I would disagree. One city having clearly better schools. Gives it plenty of bragging rights. Both judged on the same scale. The two largest systems in the state. One with many schools getting F's. The other with no F's. There is a clear advantage here.
One area invested and focused on schools more than the other. This is the result.
The other focused on other thingsn, public trans for example.
As long as the law makers in Raleigh want to do away with our public schools, the whole state of North Carolina is in trouble. What they want are charter schools and the rich can send their kids to private schools, and the one who go to charter schools hope they will not close down before school year ends due to miss management. Why is Texas in North Carolina recruiting teachers, because our Republicans in Raleigh do not like them anymore.
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