EduBrief Archives

May 31, 2007

  • Education Exchange Meeting to Discuss School Finance
  • Goodnights to Host Campaign Celebration
  • Growth Impacts Assignment, Diversity and Taxes
    • Many pupils stick to year-round
    • How tight are Wake schools?
    • Wake schools' diversity may ebb
    • Wake tax may rise 5.7%
  • Wake Schools in the News
    • Newsweek's High School Ranking
    • Four Wake elementary schools will lose magnet status
    • English Teacher Receives Honor
    • WCPSS Earns Accounting Award
  • Food Service Program Provides Summer Meals to Students
  • Gang Violence Conference Open to Community Leaders
  • What Is The Future of School Integration?
  • Strong Leaders Make Schools Great
  • ED in ’08 Campaign Pushes Education into Presidential Race

May 17, 2007

  • Goodnights to Host Campaign Celebration
  • Education Exchange Meeting to Discuss School Finance
  • Peace College to Offer Evening Teacher Education Program
  • Volunteers Needed for Textbook Selection Process
  • Community Meeting to Explain Test Scores
  • Wake Schools in the News
    • Manning rules against mandatory year-round
    • Schools’ budget would hike taxes
    • Expansion Magazine gives WCPSS gold medal
  • Recent Reports Examine Teacher Pay
    • Teacher Merit Pay Boosts Student Standardized Test Scores
    • Expert Teachers Call for Performance Pay
    • Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches

May 3, 2007

  • Wake Education Partnership Welcomes New President
  • Education Exchange Meeting to Compare Construction Costs
  • Board of Education Approves 2007-08 Plan for Student Success
  • Lawsuit Mirrors Wake County's Past
  • Meetings to Discuss Growth, Funding, Curriculum
  • Charlotte Parents Fight Neighborhood Flight
  • Teens and Parents Talk about Sex, Drugs and Rock N’ Roll
  • Ohio Measures Cost of World-Class Public Education
  • Annual Teacher Survey Examines Expectations and Experience

April 19, 2007

  • Education Exchange Meeting to Compare Construction Costs
  • Wake Ed '07 Campaign Continues Conversation
  • WCPSS Seniors Named Teaching Fellows
  • Recent Education Headlines in The News & Observer
    • Judge grills Wake on year-round plan
    • Wake schools warn of split sessions
    • Year-round plan defended
    • Wake supports ending teacher fee
  • Special Education Meetings, News
  • Community Invited to Reading Workshop
  • Budget, Lottery Focus General Assembly Debates
  • Nominations Sought for Power of One Awards
  • Student Segregation and Achievement Tracking in Year-Round Schools

April 5, 2007

  • Wake Ed Power Hour Launches Annual Campaign
  • Teacher Council Seeks Applicants
  • Parent Council Accepting Applications
  • Students to Present Book at Borders
  • Boards Agree to Deal for Tax Rebate
  • N.C. House Reconsiders School Start Date
  • Cable Awards Seeking Innovative Teachers, Champion Principals
  • College Board to Require Audits of AP Courses
  • Ed Week Releases Annual Technology Report

March 22, 2007

  • Education Exchange Meeting Tonight in Knightdale
  • Education Headlines from The News & Observer
    • Schools' magnet status in peril
    • Parent group sues Wake schools
    • More pay weighed for some teachers
  • Deal allows schools to save on sales tax
  • Is Wake County at the Breaking Point?
  • Educator Party at Borders
  • Author Events at Quail Ridge
  • Wake Ed Trustee a Pioneer in Opening N.C. Schools to All
  • Teaching and Learning Conditions Improve High School Reform Efforts
  • Study Shows 6th-Graders Suffer in Middle Schools
  • Quality Education Provides Return on Investment

March 8, 2007

  • Students Shine Like Gold in Annual Arts Extravaganza
  • WCPSS Updates from The News & Observer
  • Community Meetings Offer Info for Parents, Teachers, Students
  • Parent Council Accepting Applications
  • News from the Special Education PTA
  • India Fest Free for Educators and Students this Month
  • New Graduation Data Tracks Cohorts
  • Cable Awards Seeking Innovative Teachers, Champion Principals
  • U.S. Chamber Report Card Gives N.C. Average Marks
  • Guidebook Offers “Eight for 2008” for Presidential Candidates
  • NCLB Commission Releases Report

Feb. 22, 2007

  • Winning Artists Revealed for 2007 Gifts of Gold
  • Roundtable to Examine Teacher Working Conditions Survey
  • WCPSS Launches New Facilities Site
  • Lynch Named Regional Principal of the Year
  • Upcoming Teacher and Parent Workshops
  • Charlotte Schools to Decentralize System
  • Report Recommends Merit Pay for Teachers
  • Seeking Jay Robinson Award Nominations
  • Report Says Public Schools Promote Common Good in U.S.
  • Report Shows Benefits of Educated Population

Feb. 8, 2007

  • Survey Says Citizens Want Information, More Ways to Pay
  • Education Exchange Series Offers Information
  • Audit Says Costs for Wake Schools In Line with Other Districts
  • School Board, Commissioners Continue to Wrestle with Funding for
  • Facilities
  • N.C. Dropout Rate Increases
  • Upcoming Workshops Open to Teachers and Community
  • Study Examines Impact of Small High School in NYC
  • Report Addresses International School Test Comparisons

Jan. 25, 2007

  • Partnership President Steps Down
  • Report Says Schools Must Pay More Attention Inside Classrooms
  • Commissioners Restore Funding for Renovations
  • Wake Superintendent Calls for Academic Audit
  • Schools Predict Bond Needed in 2008
  • Wake School Board Adopts 2007 Legislative Agenda
  • WCPSS Budget Staff Earns Award
  • Report Calls on State to Move Beyond Test Scores
  • Continuing Education Class Focuses on Special Education
  • Coalition Building Support for Statewide School Bond

Jan. 11, 2007

  • Grants Focus on Instructional Enhancement
  • Teacher to Present Book at Quail Ridge
  • Scholarship Deadline Extended for WCPSS Seniors
  • Commissioners, School Board Disagree Over Year-Round Conversions
  • Upcoming Events for Parents and Teachers
  • N.C., Wake County Top List of National Board Certified Teachers
  • State Board Names Deputy
  • Quality Counts 2007 Reports on Chance for Success
  • Moving the Lines

Dec. 21, 2006

  • Scholarship Honors Wake County Teacher
  • Grants Focus on Instructional Enhancement
  • Support Public Education with a Gift to EduBrief
  • School Board Receives Financial Report, Hears from Audit Committee
  • Feedback Wanted for Growth Management Proposal
  • Board of Education Continues Discussion of Public-Private Partnerships
  • State Board Approves New High School Course Requirements
  • More Information Available Online from NCDPI
  • New Teachers Report Difficulties
  • Rethinking 21st Century Schools
  • Time for a Long Winter’s Nap

Dec. 7, 2006

  • Hundreds of Students Selected for 2007 Pieces of Gold
  • E-Newsletters Win National Award
  • Support Public Education with a Gift to EduBrief
  • Growth Management Proposal Online Tomorrow
  • Wake to Consider Public-Private Partnerships for School Construction
  • Wake Teachers Named 2006 Kenan Fellows
  • SEPTA Memberships Available for Teachers
  • Supreme Court Hears Desegregation Cases
  • Report Studies School Choice Trends
  • Foundation Fuels Charter School Movement

Nov. 16, 2006

  • Point of View: Keeping the Schools on Track
  • Kids Vote for School Bond
  • Survey Seeks Community Input Following Bond Vote
  • National Report Analyzes Record School Construction Spending
  • WCPSS Schedules Community Meetings to Discuss Growth Management
  • Amicus Briefs Examine Benefits of School Integration
  • Roundtable Set for December
  • “You Hold the Key” Series Tonight for Parents
  • Carolina College for Lifelong Learning Features Program on Teaching

Nov. 3, 2006

  • Editorial: Vote YES for School Bond on Nov. 7
  • PTAs, Mayors Support Bond
  • School Bond Makes Headlines in N&O
  • Year-Round Group Sets Meeting for Parents
  • Wake Students Take More Advanced Placement Exams
  • WCPSS Names Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year
  • New Standards Show Drop in ABC Scores Across State
  • Seminar to Examine N.C. Tests
  • Districts Offer Top Pay for Top Teachers
  • First Lottery Dollars to Reach Schools Soon

Oct. 13, 2006

  • Partnership Celebrates Courageous Leadership, Urges Passage of School Bond
  • Leaders in Education Honored for Commitment to Public Schools
  • Register to Vote Today
  • Bond Rally Set for Tuesday
  • District Enrollment Tops 128,000 Students
  • Seven Wake High Schools Honored by ABCs of Public Education
  • WCPSS Earns Facility Award
  • Bookstores Celebrate Educator Savings Week
  • Citizens' Facilities Advisory Committee Reviews Building Programs
  • Higher-Income Families Opting For Private School in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
  • Sign the Give Kids Good Schools Pledge

Sept. 28, 2006

  • Annual Meeting to Celebrate a Community United
  • Partnership Launches Redesigned Web Site
  • Wake Schools Win Challenge Grants
  • Register to Vote in Wake County
  • Three Middle Schools Slated for Year-Round Conversion
  • Mentoring for New Principals Gains Policy Attention
  • U.S. Child Poverty Trends on the Rise
  • School Choice Doesn't Always Create Competition
  • Report Projects Education Statistics to 2015

Sept. 14, 2006

  • Annual Meeting to Celebrate a Community United
  • Wake Schools Selected for New Calendar
  • Hispanic Achievement Conference Set for October
  • Partnership Offers Information about School Bond
  • Wake SAT Scores Slip, Stay Ahead of State and Nation
  • Parent Seminar to Discuss Bond, Teacher Conferences
  • NAACP leader urges diversity in schools
  • Charlotte Parent Fights Neighborhood Flight
  • New Regulations Announced for Students with Disabilities
  • National Poll Studies Attitudes Toward Public Schools
  • PEN Launches Campaign to Give Kids Good Schools

Aug. 24, 2006

  • Business Award to Celebrate Efforts for Education
  • New Teachers Fill Wake Classrooms
  • Partnership Convenes Business Meeting on School Growth
  • Information Online about School Bonds
  • Discussion of Year-Round School Conversions Continues
  • Minority Students Retained More Often
  • CMS Considers Reassigning Principals, Teachers
  • Bush Signs Vocational Education Bill into Law
  • Public Schools' Performance Comparable to Private Ones
  • Report Examines Chicago's Small Schools Initiative
  • Teacher Working Conditions Research Influences N.C. Policy
  • Article Investigates Resegregation Trends

June 22, 2006

  • New Officers Named to School Leadership Team
  • Commissioners Approve School Budget Request
  • Time Table Set for Year-Round Conversions
  • 2006 Teacher Working Conditions Survey Results Announced
  • UNC-G to Create State’s First Virtual Learn and Earn High School
  • Governor Announces Plan to Restructure High Schools
  • Lottery Revenue for Education Projected to Fall Short
  • Studies Review Effects of School Size
  • Education Week Tracks Graduation Data n New Report
  • Mentoring and Induction Serve as Important Tools for Teacher Retention
  • Teacher Quality Inequities Impact Students
  • Study Finds Increased Discipline Problems among Students with Retained Classmates

June 8, 2006

  • County Leaders Declare June 9 “Bill McNeal Day”
  • ASSET Partnership Develops Teacher Leaders
  • Summer Tips Seminar
  • Peace College Offers Teaching Program
  • Wake Names Panel to Advise on Schools
  • Wake School Board to Rank Factors for Year-Round Conversion
  • N.C. Science Test Scores Stagnant or Declining
  • School Start Age May Shift
  • India Briefing Sounds Wake-Up Call
  • ACT Report Shows Same Skills Needed for Work, College
  • Study Finds Students of NBCTs Achieve No Better than Peers
  • Growing Immigrant Population Changing Face of U.S. Public Education
  • Legal Challenges Consider Issue of Race in School Assignments
  • Education Data Available Online