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 […]
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Dr. Crain, the Director of Strategy and Policy for Wake County Public School System, led us through various levels of local and state policies that affect education.
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The Public School Forum of North Carolina and WakeEd Partnership have teamed up to jointly lead the Beginning Teacher Leadership Network (BTLN) of Wake County for the 2017-2018 school year.
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By Allison Reid | WCPSS Instructional Technology and Library Media Services Suzy McCabe and her students at Heritage High School (HHS) were the recipients of one of WakeEd Partnership\’s Teacher Innovation Grants. Built from her desire to provide an opportunity for vocational training for her special education students students, McCabe set about to create a
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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
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We are pleased to announce our 2017-2018 Teacher Innovation Grant recipients. This year, more than 140 educators will be involved in implementing these projects across the county, hoping to change the lives of more than 2,100 students. iCommunicate Using iPads Allison Kurtz | Adams Elementary School Impact: 110 Students, 5 Educators Adams Elementary students in
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By Elizabeth Propp | Lincoln Heights Elementary School I want to thank you and WakeEd Partnership for the continued support of my classroom and Lincoln Heights. The “Weather and Me” and “Cultural Recipe Book” Teacher Innovation Grants provided my kids with an opportunity to learn in innovative ways and expand their knowledge beyond the four
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By Jeff Holland | AIG teacher at Wake Forest Middle School and Ligon Magnet Middle School It was a great pleasure and privilege to return to SummerSTEM this year. The collaborative effort between WakeEd Partnership and the Wake County Public School System has produced a powerful tool for educators. Summer is the perfect time for
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Having strong public schools continues to be a key to economic development and to attracting and retaining entrepreneurs and employees to our community.
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The public’s last chance to weigh in on the methods North Carolina will use to measure school performance success ends Friday, July 27. The way the state Department of Public Instruction plans to evaluate schools is changing because of requirements in the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, a federal law which replaced No Child Left
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