Wake schools' growth slows

Triangle students advance in science contest

Two Triangle high school students have each won $3,000 and a chance to compete for the country's most prestigious science prize for teens.
Modified: 11/10/09 11:16:31 PM

Durham schools name interim chief

School board members appointed the Durham school system's chief operating officer as interim superintendent Tuesday night.
Modified: 11/10/09 11:11:36 PM

For $20, kids can buy a better grade

Selling candy didn't raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school is selling grades.
Modified: 11/11/09 05:14:28 AM

NCCU band to march in Pasadena

The N.C. Central University Marching Sound Machine will march in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade.
Modified: 11/09/09 08:57:31 PM

School signs may come down in Wake

Raleigh might bill the district if schedule changes next year nullify the signs.
Modified: 11/09/09 06:53:52 AM

Schooled, but not convinced

Sheehan: I've complained, repeatedly, over the past several months about Wacky Wednesdays, the Wake County schools' policy that sends students home an hour early - or more - once a week so teachers have time to confer and coordinate.
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