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$44.6 Million to Wake County Schools: Wake County Commissioners Approve Budget

The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to approve an amended budget. This budget provides a $44.6 million increase over last year\’s local fiscal support to the Wake County Public School System. The total amount of support for WCPSS will be $386 million. An increase of $34.6 million for WCPSS initially was proposed by […]

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WakeEd\’s New Partners Read Program

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Read with a child from birth to the first day of kindergarten to create more than 130 hours of vocabulary development. Read 30-minutes per day and a child digests 900 hours of “brain food.” That equals a one-month head start compared to students who receive only weekly 30-minute reading session. But that doesn’t mean some

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Why First Citizens Bank Invests in WakeEd

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Timing is everything! This has become such a familiar catch phrase that it’s sometimes easy to miss the real message. Many people consider it to be a reference to “luck” or to “being in the right place at the right time.” I prefer to think of this phrase as a reference to the importance of

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Building Collaboration by Planting Gardens

WakeEd

“We are asking for this grant to develop an outdoor, wheelchair-accessible, raised garden to expand the children’s knowledge of plants and earth materials.” That’s how North Forest Pines Elementary School special education teacher Rita Vermeulen started her request for a $1790 WakeEd Partnership Teacher Innovation Grant. She teaches special needs children who have severe intellectual

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Preparing for SummerSTEM

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Without teachers there would be no other professions. Teachers are tasked with guiding students to see beyond their current status to future careers. The paradox for many K-12 educators is that they will prepare hundreds of students for various careers, while their profession is based in the classroom. A math teacher prepares future engineers without

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How World Café is Changing Schools

WakeEd

Five months ago, more than 100 businesses and educators gathered in a cafeteria to have a conversation. The official name for the event was the STEM and Global Studies World Café, sponsored by Biogen. The partnerships that came from the event have caused educators and business leaders to rethink the public-private partnership. Last month we talked

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