Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much…
This week, JLF’s Dr. Terry Stoops was quoted by Education Week in an article focused on the racial and socio-economic imbalances between schools in the Wake County public school district.…
The Wake County school board is considering using assignment policies and other initiatives to address resegregation in the school system. For years, the members of the school board have refused to…
In an email sent to Wake County Schools staff, Superintendent Jim Merrill and Chief Operating Officer David Neter skirt the fact that the county commission, not the N.C. General Assembly,…
Yes, I am surprised too. ABC 11 reports that parents who have children assigned to Lead Mine Elementary School have petitioned the Wake County Board of Education to remove Principal…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on the Wake County school board’s interest in pursuing charter-like flexibility for its schools. John Hood’s Daily Journal responds to liberal attacks on…
Fantasy: Wake schools leaders listen well on reassignments (Editorial, News & Observer, October 12, 2014) Reality: Angry parents confront Wake County School Board over latest school assignment plan (Fred Shropshire,…
Once again, Wake County parents are having to worry about student reassignments. The News & Observer reports today on that rather unsurprising development. Buried within the story is this nugget:…
From the News & Observer: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of new Wake County school board election maps that opponents claimed the Republican-led General Assembly…
On the website promoting Heritage Calendar 2014, AT&T posted nearly 70 lesson plans, developed by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, that celebrate the “lives and experiences of African Americans…
Stop the presses! I agree with the editors of the News & Observer that Wake school names should educate and inspire students. They write, “There have been civic leaders in…
In this Dan Way column about the secrecy of closed door sessions of public bodies, Wake County school board member Deborah Prickett gets to the nut of the problem with the…