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Click on the dates below to view any edition of the newsletter since Nov. 7, 2008. A link to the current edition can always be found on the home page.
March 4, 2010:
- Board backs community assignment zones
- Layoffs needed to balance budget
- Four schools to change calendar
- Noteworthy
February 17, 2010:
- Wake schools superintendent resigns
- School board rejects high school site
- Kentucky adopts common standards
- Wake principal wins regional honors
- Noteworthy
February 4, 2010:
- Parents to board: "Don't mess with our schedules"
- Layoffs coming to balance school budget
- Stability meets parental choice
- Support growing for common academic standards
- Noteworthy
January 21, 2010:
- Board tweaks rules on school calendars
- Choices cloud reassignment predictions
- Outside attorney to offer review and advice
- Review finds no benefit in switching HS site
- Noteworthy
January 7, 2010:
- Board forges ahead with changes
- Decision on legal contract delayed
- Achievement gap, assignment practices to get special attention
- Noteworthy
December 17, 2009:
- New realities settle in for school board
- New assignment plan informally discussed
- Letter sent to magnet school parents
- Noteworthy
December 3, 2009:
- School board charts new course
- Noteworthy
November 19, 2009:
- Superintendent calls for $20 million in cuts
- Learning the hard way
- Recession creates some wiggle room
- Noteworthy
November 5, 2009:
- The realities of change
- State releases school report cards
- Magnet school advocate calls for controlled choice
- Noteworthy
October 22, 2009:
- New board members field questions about change
- Wake schools to make wider use of SAS software
- NC math scores remain above U.S. average
- Common standards getting more attention
- Noteworthy
October 8, 2009:
- Small turnout brings big changes
- SAS report takes issue with Wake schools
- Tapping into a different approach
- Noteworthy
October 1, 2009:
- What was that number again?
- Wake enrollment up; Charlotte's down slightly
- Noteworthy
September 17, 2009:
- Facts, figures and school board politics
- Charlotte looks back on its changes
- Students post gains on AP exams
- Noteworthy
September 3, 2009:
- 2008-2009 test results: The big picture
- Election day is closing in
- Noteworthy
August 20, 2009:
- Wake schools draw the line over budget cuts
- Looking beyond our borders
- Just what are they doing on Wednesdays?
- Noteworthy
August 7, 2009:
- Test scores up, but graduation rate flat
- School board candidates drop out of two key districts
- Reassignments delayed, some crowding likely
- Noteworthy
July 23, 2009:
- Test scores increase for Wake County public schools
- Summer school lessons focus on politics
- Noteworthy
June 18, 2009:
- Partnership urges world-class school standards
- School board names new chair
- Most students attend nearby schools
- Dudley Flood wins prestigious state award
- Noteworthy
June 4, 2009:
- State's budget problems spill into classroom
- TIF for TAP?
- Charlotte teachers shun mostly black schools
- Noteworthy
May 21, 2009:
- Wake County tops urban school systems
- Deeper cuts possible
- One school system: two different views
- Noteworthy
May 7 , 2009:
- Assignments withou consent
- A budget cutter's request: "More, please."
- Curriculum, standards getting far more attention
- Noteworthy
April 23, 2009:
- Public education loses a friend
- Glimmers of hope can't be budgeted
- Stimulus money to be tightly targeted
- Noteworthy
April 2, 2009:
- Going that extra mile -- or not
- An outsider's view of Wake schools
- "Austere" budget moves on to county
- Noteworthy
March 19, 2009:
- Putting a face on budget cuts
- Perdue vows to protect education
- Noteworthy
March 5, 2009:
- A pocket guide to budget cuts
- The long view
- Noteworthy
Feb. 19, 2009:
- Budget Struggles
- School finance report
- Governance report
- Noteworthy
Feb. 6, 2009:
- Reassignments complete
- Budget targets keep shifting
- Gov. Perdue shakes up NC's school leadership
- Noteworthy
Jan. 23, 2009:
- Reassignment plan almost finished
- Stimulus amount hard to figure
- Noteworthy
Jan. 8, 2009:
- Mid-term report: No excuses
- Push for common standards
- Equity vs. Equality
- Noteworthy
Dec. 18, 2008:
- Reassignment plan heads to school board
- Upon further review...
- International comparisons
- Noteworthy
Dec. 4, 2008:
- School cuts: Round 1
- Reassignment plan hits a snag
- 'The most ghetto school'
- Noteworthy
Nov. 20, 2008:
- Cuts coming for Wake schools
- Graduation goal: 100%
- Assignment plan takes different tack
- Noteworthy
November 7, 2008:
- Welcome
- Testing
- Commissioner's race changes county board
- National report takes NC to task on dropouts

Wake Education Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit created in 1983 to support public schools, in part by educating the community on current school issues. Most of its financial support comes from local business. Please contact Tim Simmons, VP of Communications, at tsimmons@wakeedpartnership.org with comments or questions.
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