Wake County Public Schools

Jade Wilson

School-Meal Participation Has Plummeted. Triangle Lunchrooms Are Trying to Bring Students Back.

To do so, some want to erase the stigma surrounding free and reduced lunch programs. Read more

Sep. 10, 2019 4:44 p.m. Debbie Matthews Features

Report: N.C. Schools Are Shortchanging Poor, Black Gifted Students

Feb. 01, 2018 9:21 a.m. Jeffrey C. Billman Archives

New Report Finds Huge Gaps Between Rich and Poor Students in the South—Including North Carolina

Jan. 31, 2018 9:06 a.m. Jeffrey C. Billman Archives

Raleigh Pollster Dean Debnam Wants to Show Wake Commissioners That Their School Funding Vote Could Have Consequences

Sep. 13, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith News

In Wake Schools, Why Aren’t Gifted Black and Hispanic Students Being Given the Same Opportunities as Their White and Asian Counterparts?

May 24, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith Wake County

Photo by Justin Cook

A Wake Schools Program Helps White, Asian, and Male Students Advance in Math. Black, Hispanic, and Female Students? Not So Much.

May 20, 2017 10:25 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith News

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.

May 17, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith Wake County

Thomas Goldsmith

Wake County Manager Says Wake Schools Don’t Need the $45 Million They Asked For

May 15, 2017 6:48 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Passage of HB 13 Would Lower Wake Schools’ Funding Request by $12 Million

Apr. 25, 2017 9:43 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Photo illustration by JP Trostle

Morning Roundup: Democracy NC Demands the NCGOP Be Held Accountable for Its False Voter Fraud Claims

Apr. 19, 2017 8:53 a.m. Jeffrey C. Billman Archives

Wake Schools Superintendent Jim Merrill Has No Good Options to Deal with Coming Budget Crunch

Apr. 19, 2017 7:33 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Wake County Eyes a New School as Part of a Transformation Plan for a Capital Boulevard Block

Apr. 12, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith News

Wake Schools Want an Extra $56 Million, Partly to Offset an Unfunded Class-Size Mandate

Apr. 12, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith Wake County

Wake Schools Want an Extra $56 Million This Year. County Commissioners Blame the General Assembly.

Apr. 10, 2017 8:13 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Wake County Eyes New Schools, Increased Spending Plan

Apr. 04, 2017 8:47 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Thomas Goldsmith

Wake County Schools Grapple With the Aftermath of Racial Incidents

Mar. 24, 2017 12:49 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Two Racially Charged Incidents at Wake Schools Have Administrators Asking What They Mean

Mar. 15, 2017 7:00 a.m. Thomas Goldsmith News

Wake County Principals, Leaders to Seek Solutions Following Race-Driven Incidents

Mar. 14, 2017 7:18 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Racially Charged Incident Videotaped in Wake School

Mar. 10, 2017 6:05 p.m. Thomas Goldsmith Archives

Rolesville Viral Video Triggers Panel on School Policing

Feb. 24, 2017 3:12 p.m. Erica Hellerstein Archives