The Wake County school board received a budget presentation last night with the highest increase in local funding ever requested, and more than 80 percent of that requested increase maintains the status quo. The $58.9 million increase in spending from Wake County taxpayer dollars over the current budget is driven largely by costs increases that …
Historic WCPSS budget request mostly funds status quo Read More »
The class size reduction compromise passed by the General Assembly this week is a mixed bag for local school districts. Among the positive outcomes are a multi-year approach to reducing class sizes, adding funding for program enhancement teachers, and eliminating the waiting list for pre-kindergarten classes.
Imagine and organization with more than 20,000 employees and 183 locations of varying size. Each of those locations requires a general manager, a small team of assistant managers, and leaders among the rank-and-file. In addition, each location is rated annually based upon the performance of the people it serves. Business-minded folks would immediately think …
Wallace Foundation Grant Helps WCPSS Cultivate New School Leader Development Continuum Read More »
Of the many changes that occurred with the shift to teaching Common Core State Standards perhaps the most noticeable to students, parents, and teachers alike was the move away from using textbooks in English Language Arts and Mathematics. It wasn’t by design that textbooks went away, but it is by design that Wake County Public …
North Carolina is at an important crossroads in how it pays for its K-12 public schools, and dramatic change may be on the horizon. The 2017-19 state budget that was signed into law last month created a special legislative committee, known as the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform, to study the way …
Moving to A Weighted Student Formula for Public School Funding Makes Sense Read More »
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The Wake County Commissioners voted 5-2 today to adopt their budget with $21 million in additional funding to Wake County Public School System for the 2017-18 school year. That amount was $5 million higher than the $16 million increase originally proposed, but still lower than the $45.2 million in new local funds that the school …
Wake Commissioners Boost WCPSS by $21 Million Over Last Year Read More »
The NC House of Representatives released its version of the state budget today with several important initiatives that were not found in the Senate version of the budget, but there’s no language in the bill about pay for teachers, principals and assistant principals. Perhaps the most important language in the budget is the way school …
NC House Budget Addresses School Report Cards, But Not Teacher Pay Read More »
As the question about class size requirements in grades K-3 lingers, the Wake County Public School System is preparing to add about 460 new elementary classroom teaching positions. How the school system reaches that number is possible through several different scenarios, according to Superintendent James Merrill. He presented multiple options to restructure the school system …
WCPSS Considers Its Class Size Reduction Options Read More »
What, really, is the point of a school performance report? This is the question that hasn’t been answered in the discussion about school accountability. Is it to measure the teaching quality so parents know if their child’s school is really a good school? Or is it a self-assessment measure for schools to look at their …
Finding the Right Formula for A Useful School Performance Report Read More »
