By Keith Poston, President, WakeEd Partnership Most Americans may not follow the daily political drama in Washington, but one alarming proposal demands your attention: the push to slash federal education funding and eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. This plan, championed by President Trump and advanced through budget cuts and layoffs led by Elon Musk […]
Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is excited to launch a new literacy initiative Level Up Literacy. Level Up Literacy will be supported by local nonprofit partners Read and Feed and WakeEd Partnership for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year. Read and Feed has operated their out-of-school time literacy, food security and book distribution
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RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership will honor Wake County’s Stars of Education next Wednesday, October 30th, at its annual gala event at the Raleigh Convention Center. A reception kicks off the event at 5:00 PM and the awards part of the program begins at 6:45 PM. WakeEd Partnership is honoring Representative Rosa Gill with this year’s Vernon Malone
RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization that supports teachers and students in Wake County Public Schools, collected more than 400,000 school supply items as part of its “Back to School with Tools4Schools” community school supply drive that officially wrapped up this week. The supply drive was launched July 9 before the
RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership, a nonprofit organization that supports teachers and students in Wake County Public Schools, announced the recipients of this year’s teacher award, the “Star Among Us” Award, given to one Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) educator, and the “Emerging Star” Award, given to one WCPSS senior high school student. Both
RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) announced today that Brad Geiger, Senior Manager of Talent Development at Martin Marietta has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors. Four other business leaders joined WakeEd’s Board of Directors effective July 1, 2024 for three-year terms. Board members joining WakeEd Partnership include: Amy Manning, Senior Director and
RALEIGH, N.C. — Career Accelerator, WakeEd Partnership’s career pathways summer program developed in partnership with Wake County Public Schools, kicks off on Monday, July 8th and runs through Friday, July 12th. More than 500 rising 10th – 12th graders will participate in this week-long full-day program that features real-world workplace experiences connecting students with employers
Help stock the shelves at Tools4Schools, WakeEd’s Free Classroom Supply Store for Wake County Teachers WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting the teachers, students, and families of the Wake County Public School System, is launching “Back to School with Tools4Schools” on July 9, an eight-week community-wide school supply drive to
Representative Rosa Gill to receive WakeEd Partnership’s 2024 Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award Six New Inductees Will Join Wake County Public Schools Hall of Fame at WakeEd’s Annual Stars of Education Gala on October 30 RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in Wake County
(RALEIGH, N.C.) —WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) announced today it has passed the $1 million mark in new classroom supplies given to Wake County Public School teachers through its free classroom supply store, Tools4Schools. Tools4Schools first opened in January 2022 to provide free classroom supplies to Wake County Public School teachers. More than 7,643 teachers have shopped at
