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WakeEd Partnership Launching Community School Supply Drive July 12th

Collected items will stock the shelves at Tools4Schools, WakeEd’s Free Classroom Supply Store for Teachers RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting staff and students in the Wake County Public...

WakeEd Partnership Announces 2023 Stars of Education Honorees

Tom Bradshaw to receive Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award, Six New Inductees Join Wake County Public Schools Hall of Fame RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in...

WakeEd Partnership and Wake County Public Schools Kick Off Summer Career Pathways Program

RALEIGH, N.C. — Career Accelerator, WakeEd Partnership’s career pathways summer program developed in partnership with Wake County Public Schools, kicks off today - Tuesday, June 20 – and runs through Wednesday, June 28. Nearly 500 rising 10th – 12th graders will...

Triangle Leaders Join WakeEd Partnership Board of Directors; Emma Browning of Paradox Consulting Partners Elected Board Chair

RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization that supports public schools in Wake County, announced today that Emma Browning, Managing Director of Paradox Consulting Partners, has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors....

WakeEd Partnership Awards Scholarships to Local Student Athletes

Scholarships Totaling $12,500 Given to Students from Apex High School and Green Hope High School RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in the Wake County Public School...

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Five Wake County teachers awarded leadership grants

Five Wake County public school teachers were awarded more than $20,000 in grants Wednesday as part of the Teacher Leadership Grants program offered by Wake Education Partnership. The teachers were honored at a reception sponsored by Duke Raleigh Hospital. Funding for...

Malone tribute, world-class standards mark 2009 Annual Meeting

Almost 450 business leaders, educators and elected officials attended the 26th annual meeting of Wake Education Partnership on Thursday. The event focused on the need to create a world-class school system that prepares all students for a global economy. It also...

Local chambers, Wake Education Partnership to host candidate debates

Wake Education Partnership and local area chambers of commerce are pleased to announce a series of school board candidate debates in September for all contested Wake County school board seats. The times and locations for each debate are listed below. The debates will...

World-class standards urged for all Wake County public schools

Global competition and a growing demand that all graduates meet higher standards require a different design for Wake County’s public schools in order to provide a world-class education. A report by Wake Education Partnership titled “Suspending Disbelief” defines those...

Teachers Leadership Grant Recipients Honored at Reception

Wake County – Nine Wake County public school teachers have been awarded nearly $30,000 in grants for classroom use during the upcoming school year through the Teacher Leadership Grants program. The recipients were honored at a reception held at the Governor’s Mansion...

Partnership Kick-Off Celebration Launches Annual Campaign

Raleigh – Major investments from area corporations have put Wake Education Partnership’s 2008 campaign at 50.7 percent of its goal, campaign chair announced at this morning’s Kick-Off Celebration event to launch the public phase of the campaign. Wake Education...

Teachers Receive Grants for the 2007-08 School Year

Wake County – Sixteen Wake County public school teachers have been awarded over $31,000 in grants for classroom use during the upcoming school year through the Food for Thought teacher grants program. Awarded annually by Wake Education Partnership for the past 24...

Partnership Names Leadership Board for 2008

Wake County – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its executive leadership team for 2007-08. Virginia Parker, market development officer for Paragon Commercial Bank, has been elected chair of the board of...

Former Superintendent to Lead Wake Education Partnership

RALEIGH, N.C. – Wake Education Partnership has named former Durham Public Schools Superintendent Ann Denlinger as the organization’s new president. A former classroom teacher, principal and superintendent who has worked in Wake, Wilson and Durham counties, Denlinger...

Wake Ed Power Hour Launches Annual Campaign

RALEIGH – Major investments from area corporations have put Wake Education Partnership’s 2007 campaign at 54 percent of its goal, campaign co-chairs announced at this morning’s Power Hour event to launch the public phase of the campaign. Wake Education Partnership...

Teacher Grant Application Deadline Approaching

RALEIGH –Wake County public school teachers and other full-time support personnel are invited to apply for a Food for Thought grant from Wake Education Partnership. Teachers can apply for the grants, which will be awarded in amounts up to $2,000, through March 28 on...

Pieces of Gold Showcases Student Talent

RALEIGH – More than 900 Wake County public school students will take the stage and work behind the scenes tonight (March 7) at 7 p.m. in the 24th annual Pieces of Gold at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Pieces of Gold is an annual arts extravaganza...

Student Artists Honored at Reception

RALEIGH – Local student artists will be honored at a Gifts of Gold reception today from 4:30-5:30 p.m. hosted by Wake Education Partnership at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts, including a medal ceremony at 5 p.m. for the winning artists. The artwork of...

Wake Ed Partnership Wins Target Grant for 2007 Pieces of Gold

RALEIGH – Wake Education Partnership today announced a grant from Target for sponsorship of its 2007 performance of Pieces of Gold. The 24th annual Pieces of Gold performing arts extravaganza, produced jointly with the Wake County Public School System, will feature...

Winning Artists Revealed for 2007 Gifts of Gold Students Feature Work in Annual Showcase

RALEIGH – A panel of judges selected winners this week in the 14th annual Gifts of Gold art show. Ninety Wake County students from 70 schools showcased their artistic abilities in the competition, which serves as the visual arts component of Pieces of Gold, the annual...

Citizens Want More Ways to Pay, More Info on School Funding

Wake Ed Releases Post-Bond Survey Data and Announces Community Engagement Initiative RALEIGH – Wake citizens want more ways to pay for schools and more accessible information about how the money is funded and spent, according to results of an online survey conducted...

Report Says Schools Must Pay More Attention Inside Classrooms

RALEIGH – More attention should be paid to what happens inside Wake County’s classrooms, and not only to how or where we build more classroom space, according to an annual independent review of the public’s schools from Wake Education Partnership. Wake Ed, a local...

Broughton Teachers Win Jenrette Grants

RALEIGH – Five Broughton High School teachers have been awarded Jenrette Teacher Growth Grants. The grants, administered by Wake Education Partnership, were delivered in December 2006. “These grants are important as a tangible way that our teachers can enhance their...

Hundreds of Students Selected for 2007 Pieces of Gold

WAKE COUNTY – More than 800 students representing 31 groups from 30 Wake County public schools (16 elementary, five middle and 12 high schools) have been selected to perform in the 2007 Pieces of Gold. Sixty-eight groups auditioned at Southeast Raleigh High School on...

Annual Meeting Celebrates Courageous Leadership in Wake County Education Partnership Rallies Community for School Bond

WAKE COUNTY – Voters must approve the $970 million school bond on Nov. 7 to continue building on the 30-year legacy of the merged Wake County Public School System, say business leaders representing North Carolina’s premier local education fund. Wake Education...

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...

Community Leaders Tapped to Head Partnership Board for 2007

WAKE COUNTY – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its executive leadership team for 2006-07. John McKinney, director of corporate and external affairs of BellSouth, has been elected chair...