Work on Raleigh’s $12-million-plus remake of Moore Square will begin this autumn and take about a year, with the reopening of the enhanced landmark planned for the fall of 2018. No, really. Followers of parks, downtown Raleigh, and the city council will remember that the master plan for the park was completed way back in […]
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In Wake Schools, Why Aren’t Gifted Black and Hispanic Students Being Given the Same Opportunities as Their White and Asian Counterparts?
A Wake County Public Schools program that allows hundreds of students to skip a grade in math instruction includes about 90 percent whites and Asians, twice as many males as females, and only a handful of Hispanic and African-American students. These numbers are far out of line with these groups’ presence in the system, in […]
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The Dalai Lama Will Visit Raleigh This Fall and This Is a Very Big Deal
The October visit to Raleigh by the Dalai Lama is a big deal indeed, and as such will require lots of work by lots of people. The visit by the spiritual leader of Tibet, who will turn eighty-two on July 6, has been announced as a virtual certainty by the Kadampa Center of Raleigh. But […]
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A Wake Schools Program Helps White, Asian, and Male Students Advance in Math. Black, Hispanic, and Female Students? Not So Much.
A Wake County Public Schools program that allows hundreds of students to skip a grade in math instruction includes about 90 percent whites and Asians, twice as many males as females, and only a handful of Hispanic and African-American students. These numbers are far out of line with these groups’ presence in the system, in […]
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Wake School Board Disputes County Manager’s Assertion That He Has Proposed Highest Per-Pupil Expenditure Ever
The dispute between the Wake County commission and the school board—which the INDY wrote about in this week’s print edition—over how much money the school system says it needs for the next year and the amount the commissioners are willing to supply grew more complicated Tuesday afternoon, with volleys from both sides. Key points included […]
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Updated: McClatchy Shut Down The Chapel Hill News As Readers Knew It
The News & Observer will continue printing communitypapers such as The Chapel Hill News, but for the most part will stop inserting them into daily or Sunday editions of the main paper, N&O editor John Drescher said Wednesday. And as the N&O concentrates more on its digital offerings, additional changes may be coming the main […]
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The Wake School System Wants $45 Million in Extra Funds from the County. The County Manager Says Schools Can Make Do with a Third of That.
A longstanding argument among Wake County leaders reared its head again Monday. Jim Hartmann, the Wake County manager, told county commissioners that the Wake school system hasn’t spent all of the money it got from county coffers in the current budget year and thus doesn’t need the $45 million in new funding it requested for […]
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Wake County Manager Says Wake Schools Don’t Need the $45 Million They Asked For
Jim Hartmann, the Wake County manager, said Monday that the Wake school system isn’t spending all the money it got from county coffers in the current budget year and doesn’t need the $45 million in new funding it requested for the coming year. Instead, Hartmann proposed during a meeting of the Wake County Board of […]
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In Exclusive Interview, Richard Burr Says He’s Interviewed 30 Witnesses, Won’t Turn Senate Russia Probe into a Witch Hunt
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the INDY in an exclusive (albeit brief) interview that his panel’s probe into possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia will follow up on “every intelligent statement,” but he won’t allow the probe to turn into a witch […]
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N.C. Senate Budget Short-Changes Block Grants That Fund Meals on Wheels, Other Programs That Aid the Elderly, Advocates Say
The growing numbers of older people in North Carolina who need help staying out of long-term homes care are getting a cold shoulder in the proposed state Senate budget, advocates say. The $22.9 billion Senate budget released this week provides continuation funding of just less than $1 million for Home and Community Care Block Grants, […]
