Wake County Public School System Superintendent Tony Tata said Friday that he plans to put together a team of principals to assess the district’s performance when it comes to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Preliminary test scores, known as “Adequate Yearly Progress,” released Thursday found that 22 of the school system’s 163 schools, [...]
Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata and his employers on the Board of Education spent Saturday morning in retreat, their second such planning session since Tata’s January hire. In February, the board agreed to a mission statement and five shared “core beliefs:” All children, regardless of socio-economic environment, can be high-achieving students. Academic achievement gaps can [...]
Memphis officials came up with a payment plan on Thursday that may allow city schools to start on time after the school board voted to delay classes until it gets 55 million in city funds. The plan, which still must be approved by the school board, was a response to the school boards vote on [...]
Emergency crews were battling a fire and heavy smoke at Rand Road Elementary School in Garner Tuesday morning. The call came in shortly after 5 a.m. Firefighters responded to 300 Arbor Greene Drive and were able to contain the blaze to one classroom, but smoke filled other parts of the building. There was no word [...]
A Columbia University engineering student who pleaded guilty to selling cocaine yesterday will be sentenced to six months in jail at Rikers Island and five years probation, and will probably also be expelled from school, The New York Times reported today. Harrison David is the only student to be sentenced so far, out of the [...]
WASHINGTON – U.S. manufacturers cannot find skilled workers despite high unemployment, which means there is a need to align the nations higher education system with the requirements of industry, lawmakers were told on Tuesday. Georgetown University public policy professor Harry Holzer told a congressional hearing on manufacturing that although the sector had lost more than [...]