School signs may come down in Wake

NCCU band to march in Rose Bowl parade

The N.C. Central University Marching Sound Machine will march in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade.
Modified: 11/09/09 12:09:39 PM

Schooled, but not convinced

Sheehan: I guess I should have seen the dog-and-pony show coming like a big ol' yellow school bus.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:27:49 AM

Backers hope magnets stay

The popularity of Wake's magnet programs was evident by the hundreds of people who attended a fair Saturday at Southeast Raleigh High School - even as the program's future is uncertain.
Modified: 11/08/09 04:11:26 AM

Duke cuts 400 jobs; more possible

Duke University has culled its payroll by about 400 employees thus far, but layoffs are still a possibility, officials said during an employee meeting this week.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:15 PM

Sex toy research causes a stir at Duke

At Duke University, a school that likes to tout its cutting-edge research, a sex toy study being conducted by a behavioral economist and student health workers has roused criticism.
Modified: 11/06/09 06:03:16 AM

State report cards fuel debate

School board members who oppose Wake's diversity policy are pointing to needy students' progress in Charlotte.
Modified: 11/06/09 06:12:45 AM

Wake schools OK $2.5 million for land

The Wake County school board voted Tuesday to pay $2.54 million for land on which to build an elementary school in northwest Raleigh.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:30:29 PM

Barkeep's calling is in the parched Third World

Five years ago, Doc Hendley was a tattooed, Harley-riding bartender at Raleigh's Hibernian Pub, and nobody would have pictured him dodging bullets in Sudan, hauling clean water to refugees.
Modified: 11/05/09 05:09:27 AM

Edict: Pull plug on new high school

Incoming Wake school board members tell current ones to halt the Forest Ridge High School project.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:40:41 PM

Tedesco's easy victory puts change on track

Tuesday's overwhelming victory by John Tedesco in a Wake County school board runoff means busing for diversity and other established policies will be squarely in the crosshairs of a new majority.
Modified: 11/04/09 07:25:07 AM

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Wake school board vote totals, by precinct

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Wake County vote totals, by contest and precinct

Academy embraces Cornel West's vision

The Cornel West Academy of Excellence is in its first year of meeting Sundays at St. Augustine's College to study chess, language, culture, black history and themselves.
Modified: 11/03/09 06:29:49 AM

Admission rule splits Wake commissioners

Wake County commissioners deadlocked along party lines Monday on a resolution opposing the admission of illegal immigrants to community colleges.
Modified: 11/03/09 06:37:03 AM

Durham schools chief tapped for national job

The superintendent of Durham's public schools will leave at the end of the calendar year to work for the U.S. Department of Education.
Modified: 11/02/09 11:23:36 PM

Wake schools battle may drag on

The voters will make their decisions today, but the runoff race for the Wake County school board District 2 seat has already produced surprises.
Modified: 11/03/09 10:25:36 PM

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Durham schools chief will join Obama administration

Durham Public Schools superintendent Carl E. Harris has accepted a position in the U.S. Department of Education.
Modified: 11/02/09 10:44:11 AM

Truitt says she'll serve if she wins school board runoff

Wake County school board candidate Cathy Truitt said Saturday that she will serve on the board if she wins the District 2 runoff Tuesday.
Modified: 11/02/09 05:46:26 AM

Dollars build taller wall than race in schools

Many of Wake's neighborhoods are racially integrated, but an economic dividing line remains.
Modified: 11/02/09 06:18:55 AM

School board race low-key

In contrast to Wake County's contentious school board race and the sweeping change it promises for North Carolina's largest district, the contest for three Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board seats comes off as quiet and quaint.
Modified: 10/31/09 08:51:58 PM

Shaw gets $4.1 million for health study

Shaw University has received a $4.1 million federal grant to help fight health disparities in the United States. University officials said it was the largest research grant in the school's history.
Modified: 10/30/09 11:11:55 PM