School board replies sharply to far-reaching questions from Advancing Excellence in Education Worldwide 9.23.10 - RALEIGH -- In blunt and aggressive language, Wake County school officials have told an international accrediting organization that it has no right to question the way Wake assigns students to schools.
Calls to end teacher tenure are bipartisan 9.23.10 - Tenure for teachers is usually seen as either a protection for educators from capricious school administrators or a way for incompetent teachers to protect their jobs.
Across the country, school districts experiment with superintendent merit pay 9.23.10 - Beth Hawkins - The practice of holding superintendents accountable through pay-for-performance agreements is most common in big districts.