Wake superintendent’s new deal raises questions on salaries, terms Wake board tries to tie the hands of future boards The average NC school head’s salary is higher than the ... Keep Reading
Wake County school board
Choice is no choice for WCPSS
With a 54 percent increase in charter school enrollment over the last three years, competition from charters and school choice were two topics of discussion at last weekend’s board ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper May 2014
The May 2014 Capitol Connection highlights key issues for General Assembly’s Short Session. ... Keep Reading
Jim Martin’s surprising comments
In a committee meeting earlier this week where school administrators updated Wake County School board members on a new law that gives a letter grade to each school and ends the ... Keep Reading
Racist Wake Co. School Board Seeks to Disenfranchise Children
Parents across Wake County are receiving a pamphlet describing the 2013-14 Student Assignment Plan. Included in the description is a list of "required documents" for those families ... Keep Reading
Wake County School Board: the circus continues
“Everybody is still pointing to us,” Hill said. “Our schools are still successful.” That’s Kevin Hill, chairman of the Wake County School Board, when asked if he’d have problems ... Keep Reading
What Comes First: Families’ ‘Wants’ or Society’s ‘Needs’?
You have to give credit to the chairman of the Wake County School Board for frankness in discussing what's important. Someone in the district passed along to us an e-mail Kevin ... Keep Reading
AdvancED accreditation: Is it worth it?
This morning the Wake County School Board voted to proceed with a review of the system's high schools by accrediting agency AdvancED Inc. In an opinion piece in this morning’s ... Keep Reading
So much for separation of church and state!
There are interest groups who always express outrage when religious leaders weigh in on a political topic. They immediately start shouting about separation of church and state and ... Keep Reading
Is the N&O Too “Partisan”?
The N&O continues its whining about last fall's Wake County School Board election results. This time, they complain that the elections became too "partisan." Partisanship of ... Keep Reading
