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WCPSS Spends 75% of Covid Dollars on Salaries and Benefits, Little to Nothing on Tutoring
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The pandemic has impacted Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) in a variety of ways. Achievement gaps have hardened and learning loss has caused many at-risk groups to fall even farther behind.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What is happening to all that money Wake County Schools (WCPSS) is getting for covid relief?
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If all goes as planned, Wake County voters will be asked to approve a nearly $900 million bond referendum this November.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that personnel data for local public schools has been posted by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, we have data on how the pandemic may have impacted staffing levels in local school districts.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tuesday’s Wake County Board of Education meeting was filled with parents angry about the board’s decision to continue the mask mandate.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats on the Wake County Board of Commissioners have increased support for WCPSS by $90 million since 2015. Since taking the majority on the Wake County Board of Commissioners,Democrats have presided over a 30 percent increase in local support
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 12:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The question of locker room and bathroom facilities being used by students self-identifying as "transgender" was raised. The question was largely left unanswered by both the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and the Wake County Board of Education.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 3:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Recent statements by Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) officials about changing several low-performing traditional schools to year-round schools, and also changing how students are assigned to popular magnet school programs, have raised the anxiety levels of many parents and students.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In June, Wake County commissioners approved an extra $44.6 million for Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS). About half the money will go for raises and additional pay; $16 million for teacher pay, $1.8 million for teachers who take on extra duties, and another $6 million for 3 percent raises for...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The recent abrupt departure of Tony Tata as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has left many in government and political circles in Raleigh and across the state talking. His manner of leaving — with no public notice, while repeating the cliché about...
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 12:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"Do you have any interest in reporting the facts?" That's the question I'd like to ask News & Observer editors after reading the recent editorial, "Time for Wake Schools to Build Back."
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Before Wake County asks taxpayers to pay for more buildings, the school system needs to ensure its population estimates are accurate.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Teacher pay is a topic that has dominated the education landscape in North Carolina for most of the past year.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 9:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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