Welcome to Wake Education Partnership!

June 6, 2013

• Bond package set at $940 million
• 3 superintendent finalists named
• Proposed bills could reshape schools
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May 9, 2013

April 25, 2013

• Classroom cuts likely
• Principal is key to broad student achievement
• District debates different building program options
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March 21, 2013

• School bond utopia: We don’t live there
• Making the case for early childhood programs
• State leaders seek to leave imprint on schools
• Can I have my own bus, please?

March 7, 2013

• Escaping the pull of a recession
• Framework emerging for long-term assignment plan
• Study: A teacher’s beginning skills matter greatly
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• "We need to get a bond approved"
• Picking your favorite child
• Some states question need for Common Core
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Feb. 7, 2013

Jan. 24, 2013

• Key school issues kick start 2013
• Bonds
• Superintendent Search
• New Board member
• State his case for integration
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Dec. 13, 2012:

Nov. 15, 2012:

• Launching the Common Core
• Details approved for new tech center
• Defining the "hot spots" in student assignment
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October 18, 2012:

October 4, 2012:

• New framework for student assignment
• Common Core sample questions available
• Future school sites reviewed
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September 6, 2012:

August 23, 2012:

• Test scores push higher
• Construction program lacks price tag -- for now
• Want your kid to graduate from college? Pay attention to this
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July 26, 2012:

June 21, 2012:

• What is a magnet school supposed to do?
• Learning? It's all in your head
• Reports detail available seats, poverty levels
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May 17, 2012:

April 26, 2012:

• School expenses, county revenues drift apart
• Technical education center finds support
• District closes final round of school choice
• Does art make you smart?
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March 22, 2012:

March 08, 2012:

• Assignment plan data set for early review
• What does it mean to be "effective?"
• Bus schedules, start times revised again
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February 9, 2012:

January 26, 2012:

• Assignment plan moves to next phase
• Next Steps
• Capacities and feeder patterns
• "Real-time" evaluations
• Forecast: Slow recovery, steady enrollment growth
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December 22, 2011:

December 8, 2011:

• What do you mean "collaborate?"
• Reading, math scores climb on national exams
• Peace University could host new leadership schools
• Measuring the costs of a growing system
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October 20, 2011:

October 6, 2011:

• Board to receive final student assignment plan Oct 4
• This is a special edition of In Context that highlights the basics of the school choice plan before its final presentation to the school board.

September 8, 2011:

• Big changes likely for next school year
• Board continues push for algebra enrollments
• Can your kid do this?
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August 18, 2011:

• Graduation rates, test scores increase
• Does good behavior count?
• Deciding who gets a charter school
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July 14, 2011:

June 23, 2011:

• Audit: Tighter focus could make a good system great
• Report questions long-held education beliefs
• Newest budget plan expands school year, cuts jobs
• Full board to be briefed on assignment plans
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May 5, 2011:

• School district struggles to protect classroom
• Challenging students early improves math scores
• STEM, global schools programs announced
• Appreciation of the craft
• Hearings scheduled for board redistricting
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• Study links third-grade reading to graduation rates
• Budget news takes a turn for the worse
• Charter school bill snagged in larger political debate
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• Larger budget cuts are likely, but amount is uncertain
• New programs seek a more global perspective
• Dueling over reassignments, achievement
• Board wrestles with questions of leadership, trust
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March 17, 2011:

• District's mission: Close gaps of all kinds
• Use of key student assignment data in doubt
• "Our Kids Won't Wait"
• Magnet schools make strong national showing
• Bill to drop state exams heads for showdown
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• Superintendent takes on student assignment
• Board hopes extra pay will boost achievement
• Guidelines set to draw new election boundaries
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• Board reassigns 3,500 students for next year
• Board takes halting steps toward redistricting
• Accreditation review to begin soon
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• Accreditation review now seems likely
• Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
• Tata outlines priorities to local business leaders
• School board may ask county for more money
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• Study touts benefit of "Professional Learning Teams"
• New superintendent "doing his homework"
• Reassignments dominate board calendar in January
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• Persistent failure dogs lowest-performing schools
• Effort to reassign minority students falls short
• Wake teachers top nation in board certification
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• Lessons from around the world
• Student assignment issues tangle board
• School system trolls for budget ideas
• Common core standards could be tough to meet
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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
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• Consensus? Maybe next week
• Algebra enrollments increase for minority students
• Poverty counts increase in select schools
• First in flight; last in school funding?
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• Searching for consensus
• Wake to reinvent schools with federal grant
• Superintendent search moving toward finalists
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• Assignment plan hits a roadblock
• Algebra enrollments show sharp increase
• District fails to win large magnet grant
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• 33 new schools, no more room
• Timetable tightened for new assignment plan
• Accreditation team, school board at odds
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• "Horrible" budget year awaits schools
• Student assignment plan moves forward
• Rules change on long-term suspensions
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• Whose community comes first?
• Six more arrested in school board protest
• Principals to get latitude in long-term suspensions
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• Wake test scores improve on state exams
• Sample assignment maps released
• "Controlled choice" plan gets attention
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• Turmoil tops board agenda again
• Test scores increase; achievement gap narrows
• Capacity problems looming
• Board changes meeting structure
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• Timetable for new assignment plan released
• More protests promised over assignment plan
• School board members sharpen differences
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• NC adopts national core standards
• Year-round magnet schools suggested
• Budget details begin to take shape
• Diversity struck from final assignment policy
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• Assignment policy sets stage for long debate
• Legal fees for Wake schools considered low
• Professional learning on the fly
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• Diversity makes its formal exit
• Next round of budget cuts looming
• Judge shines light on poorly run schools
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• 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?
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• Wanted: More time and a little trust
• Between a bus and a hard place
• Flurry of assignment changes top 1,000
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• Proximity trumps balance in new plan
• Magnet criteria set for change
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• Student assignment issues simmer
• Wake students post positive marks
• "Common core" of standards released
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• Board backs community assignment zones
• Layoffs needed to balance budget
• Four schools to change calendar
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• Wake schools superintendent resigns
• School board rejects high school site
• Kentucky adopts common standards
• Wake principal wins regional honors
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• 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
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• 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
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• Board forges ahead with changes
• Decision on legal contract delayed
• Achievement gap, assignment practices to get special attention
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• New realities settle in for school board
• New assignment plan informally discussed
• Letter sent to magnet school parents
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• School board charts new course
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• Superintendent calls for $20 million in cuts
• Learning the hard way
• Recession creates some wiggle room
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• The realities of change
• State releases school report cards
• Magnet school advocate calls for controlled choice
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• 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
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• Small turnout brings big changes
• SAS report takes issue with Wake schools
• Tapping into a different approach
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• What was that number again?
• Wake enrollment up; Charlotte's down slightly
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• Facts, figures and school board politics
• Charlotte looks back on its changes
• Students post gains on AP exams
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• 2008-2009 test results: The big picture
• Election day is closing in
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• Wake schools draw the line over budget cuts
• Looking beyond our borders
• Just what are they doing on Wednesdays?
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• Test scores up, but graduation rate flat
• School board candidates drop out of two key districts
• Reassignments delayed, some crowding likely
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• Test scores increase for Wake County public schools
• Summer school lessons focus on politics
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• Partnership urges world-class school standards
• School board names new chair
• Most students attend nearby schools
• Dudley Flood wins prestigious state award
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• State's budget problems spill into classroom
• TIF for TAP?
• Charlotte teachers shun mostly black schools
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• Wake County tops urban school systems
• Deeper cuts possible
• One school system: two different views
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• Assignments without consent
• A budget cutter's request: "More, please."
• Curriculum, standards getting far more attention
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• Public education loses a friend
• Glimmers of hope can't be budgeted
• Stimulus money to be tightly targeted
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• Going that extra mile -- or not
• An outsider's view of Wake schools
• "Austere" budget moves on to county
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• Putting a face on budget cuts
• Perdue vows to protect education
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• A pocket guide to budget cuts
• The long view
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• Budget Struggles
• School finance report
• Governance report
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• Reassignments complete
• Budget targets keep shifting
• Gov. Perdue shakes up NC's school leadership
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• Reassignment plan almost finished
• Stimulus amount hard to figure
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• Mid-term report: No excuses
• Push for common standards
• Equity vs. Equality
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• Reassignment plan heads to school board
• Upon further review...
• International comparisons
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• School cuts: Round 1
• Reassignment plan hits a snag
• 'The most ghetto school'
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• 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