People like to know who is number one. So there’s no surprise that many people were upset when the Wake County Board of Education last week approved a new policy which prohibited the naming of valedictorians and salutatorians at all of the district’s high schools. In place of naming the two students in each graduating …
It’s funny to think about ending something in May. We’re almost halfway through the calendar year, but, like many businesses, our fiscal year is coming to a close. As we look at spreadsheets and calculate numbers for next year, we also have to look back and ask ourselves, “Are we having an impact?” At STEMposium, …
My name is Gray Reed and I serve as the Triangle Region President for BB&T, a 144-year old North Carolina based financial services company that operates in 15 States and DC. I graduated from Broughton High School in 1979, along with my wife, and we have two daughters who are recent grads of Broughton. During …
A year ago, I applied to be a participant in a program called SummerSTEM. Little did I know that this decision would help to shape my future as an educator. I entered into this program thinking that I was an innovative teacher, but soon realized that I had much to learn. After a week of …
It’s hard to believe we are already knee deep in plans for Stars of Education. Our annual gala is just five months away. For the first time ever, a plated dinner will complement our evening to celebrate those who form the backbone of education in our community. You can help WakeEd find this year’s education …
Some things that should be easy turn out to be unnecessarily complicated. That’s what the WCPSS Board of Education is experiencing as it tries to set the traditional school calendar each year. In 2011, the General Assembly passed a law that limited the traditional school calendar for all public school districts to open no earlier …
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Studies of high school drop-outs have long shown that a significant number of students who leave high school before graduation do it because they can no longer attend school during the regular school day. WCPSS, like all other school districts, has not been able to meet the needs of these students because of the constraints …
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Financing school construction is a coordinated dance number with WCPSS and Wake County government as dance partners. But it will be difficult for WCPSS when other partners want to cut in. The WCPSS School Board and the Wake County Commissioners met in a joint session last week to share with each other the needs and …
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Sitting on my deck this weekend, basking in the 70-degree temperatures; it hit me – what happened to winter? I blinked in February and now I’m staring at graduation invitations and Memorial Day pre-sales. That’s good for most of us that don’t like cold, but for WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel it was a rather …
If there is one thing that attorneys everywhere understand very well, it is the power of a good education. Brooks Pierce considers it not only a privilege to partner with Wake Education Partnership, but a responsibility. For nearly 120 years, Brooks Pierce has been one of the leading corporate law firms in North Carolina. Our …
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