NC Seeks to Close Achievement Gap

GREENSBORO — A recent N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s two-and-a-half day conference was titled “Closing the Achievement Gap: Improving Minority and At-Risk Student Achievement.” Several thousand educators filled the lobby and meeting floors of the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. They gathered from around the state to hear about the causes, consequences, solutions, perspectives, and prospects for eliminating the gap between black-student and white-student achievement.