Wake Schools Win Challenge Grants

WAKE COUNTY – Fifteen Wake County public schools will start the new school year with some additional funding. The schools won challenge grants from Wake Education Partnership through their participation in the 2006 Annual Fund for Education campaign. “The School...

Broughton Senior Wins Scholarship Honoring Teacher

WAKE COUNTY – Lillian Dawson, a senior at Broughton High School, is the 2006 recipient of the Susan Ellis Roberts Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor of a former Wake County public school teacher and administrator who sought throughout her life and career...

Executive Forum Connects Business Leaders with Wake Schools

WAKE COUNTY – More than 80 high-level business executives from across Wake County met today with elected officials and school leaders to discuss issues facing the Wake County Public School System. “The State of Our Schools: An Executive Forum on Public Education in...

IBM Executive to Lead Education Trustee Board

WAKE COUNTY – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its new chair of the Board of Trustees for 2006-07. Rusine Mitchell-Sinclair, Vice President of Strategy and Implementation and N.C. senior state executive with...