"Facing its biggest leadership turnover in 14 years, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will plunge quickly into decisions that can build or erode confidence in public education for years to come.
On the list:
Clean up a student-assignment process that has created months of anger and confusion. Make teacher performance-pay work. Figure out how to staff schools and honor construction promises in a lingering recession.
Before all that, though, members say they must forge a team that can dispel the board's reputation for sniping and grandstanding."