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- Layoffs, deep program cuts seem certain
- Wake at or near top of most school measures
- Full board to debate student assignment
- Noteworthy
- Consensus? Maybe next week
- Algebra enrollments increase for minority students
- Poverty counts increase in select schools
- First in flight; last in school funding?
- Noteworthy
- Searching for consensus
- Wake to reinvent schools with federal grant
- Superintendent search moving toward finalists
- Noteworthy
- Assignment plan hits a roadblock
- Algebra enrollments show sharp increase
- District fails to win large magnet grant
- Noteworthy
- 33 new schools, no more room
- Timetable tightened for new assignment plan
- Accreditation team, school board at odds
- Noteworthy
- "Horrible" budget year awaits schools
- Student assignment plan moves forward
- Rules change on long-term suspensions
- Noteworthy
- Whose community comes first?
- Six more arrested in school board protest
- Principals to get latitude in long-term suspensions
- Noteworthy
- Wake test scores improve on state exams
- Sample assignment maps released
- "Controlled choice" plan gets attention
- Noteworthy
- Turmoil tops board agenda again
- Test scores increase; achievement gap narrows
- Capacity problems looming
- Board changes meeting structure
- Noteworthy
- Timetable for new assignment plan released
- More protests promised over assignment plan
- School board members sharpen differences
- Noteworthy
- NC adopts national core standards
- Year-round magnet schools suggested
- Budget details begin to take shape
- Diversity struck from final assignment policy
- Noteworthy
- Assignment policy sets stage for long debate
- Legal fees for Wake schools considered low
- Professional learning on the fly
- Noteworthy
- Diversity makes its formal exit
- Next round of budget cuts looming
- Judge shines light on poorly run schools
- Noteworthy
- Special meeting called to discuss assignment zones
- Dozens loses jobs in first big round of budget cuts
- City, county issue warnings over school diversity
- What is a public education?
- Noteworthy
- Wanted: More time and a little trust
- Between a bus and a hard place
- Flurry of assignment changes top 1,000
- Noteworthy
- Proximity trumps balance in new plan
- Magnet criteria set for change
- Noteworthy
- Student assignment issues simmer
- Wake students post positive marks
- "Common core" of standards released
- Noteworthy
- Board backs community assignment zones
- Layoffs needed to balance budget
- Four schools to change calendar
- Noteworthy
- Wake schools superintendent resigns
- School board rejects high school site
- Kentucky adopts common standards
- Wake principal wins regional honors
- Noteworthy
- 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
- 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
- Board forges ahead with changes
- Decision on legal contract delayed
- Achievement gap, assignment practices to get special attention
- Noteworthy
- New realities settle in for school board
- New assignment plan informally discussed
- Letter sent to magnet school parents
- Noteworthy
- School board charts new course
- Noteworthy
- Superintendent calls for $20 million in cuts
- Learning the hard way
- Recession creates some wiggle room
- Noteworthy
- The realities of change
- State releases school report cards
- Magnet school advocate calls for controlled choice
- Noteworthy
- 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
- Small turnout brings big changes
- SAS report takes issue with Wake schools
- Tapping into a different approach
- Noteworthy
- What was that number again?
- Wake enrollment up; Charlotte's down slightly
- Noteworthy
- Facts, figures and school board politics
- Charlotte looks back on its changes
- Students post gains on AP exams
- Noteworthy
- 2008-2009 test results: The big picture
- Election day is closing in
- Noteworthy
- Wake schools draw the line over budget cuts
- Looking beyond our borders
- Just what are they doing on Wednesdays?
- Noteworthy
- Test scores up, but graduation rate flat
- School board candidates drop out of two key districts
- Reassignments delayed, some crowding likely
- Noteworthy
- Test scores increase for Wake County public schools
- Summer school lessons focus on politics
- Noteworthy
- Partnership urges world-class school standards
- School board names new chair
- Most students attend nearby schools
- Dudley Flood wins prestigious state award
- Noteworthy
- State's budget problems spill into classroom
- TIF for TAP?
- Charlotte teachers shun mostly black schools
- Noteworthy
- Wake County tops urban school systems
- Deeper cuts possible
- One school system: two different views
- Noteworthy
- Assignments withou consent
- A budget cutter's request: "More, please."
- Curriculum, standards getting far more attention
- Noteworthy
- Public education loses a friend
- Glimmers of hope can't be budgeted
- Stimulus money to be tightly targeted
- Noteworthy
- Going that extra mile -- or not
- An outsider's view of Wake schools
- "Austere" budget moves on to county
- Noteworthy
- Putting a face on budget cuts
- Perdue vows to protect education
- Noteworthy
- A pocket guide to budget cuts
- The long view
- Noteworthy
- Budget Struggles
- School finance report
- Governance report
- Noteworthy
- Reassignments complete
- Budget targets keep shifting
- Gov. Perdue shakes up NC's school leadership
- Noteworthy
- Reassignment plan almost finished
- Stimulus amount hard to figure
- Noteworthy
- Mid-term report: No excuses
- Push for common standards
- Equity vs. Equality
- Noteworthy
- Reassignment plan heads to school board
- Upon further review...
- International comparisons
- Noteworthy
- School cuts: Round 1
- Reassignment plan hits a snag
- 'The most ghetto school'
- Noteworthy
- Cuts coming for Wake schools
- Graduation goal: 100%
- Assignment plan takes different tack
- Noteworthy
- Welcome
- Testing
- Commissioner's race changes county board
- National report takes NC to task on dropouts
