News
Achievement Gap, Part 3: Mission Impossible?
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Closing the achievement gap seems like an impossible mission, yet many in the school system believe it can be done. In this third part to our series we take a broad look at what works.
County Government
County Looks to Keep Mental Illness Patients out of ER
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County officials are considering changing the makeup of WakeBrook Recovery Center to keep people with mental illness out of emergency rooms.
News
Achievement Gap, Part 2: Mining the High School Data
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Wake County’s poor and minority high school students perform far worse on tests than their peers. But a Record analysis finds that unlike elementary school students, vulnerable high school students have slightly decreased the achievement gap during the past 10 years.
News
Raleigh to Base Water Restrictions on Need, Not Just Lake Level
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Residents could see fewer calls for water conservation with a new drought water restriction plan.
News
New Group Takes Aim at Wake Voter Rolls
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A new group called the Voter Integrity Project is filing challenges to voters in Wake and other counties in an effort to purge voter rolls of non-citizens and deceased people. But some are finding their approaches partisan, even combative.
City Council
Council Roundup: Councilors Mixed on Term Change
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A council committee will continue to discuss extending councilor terms from two to four years after a scant showing at the public hearing. The council approved filing a lawsuit against the state, the Capital Boulevard Corridor Study and design plans for Mordecai Park. And an 11-year-old girl and councilor’s Google image searches for photos of pygmy goats may lead to a zoning code change.
News
Wake’s Achievement Gap, Part 1: Vulnerable Students Further Behind
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In a four-part series, we take an in-depth look at the differences in achievement among the different demographic groups in Wake County. While the gap has closed slightly in the last four years, it is significantly larger than in the early 2000s.
News
Walnut Creek Sees Big Test Score Gains, But Well Below County Average
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Walnut Creek Elementary has been a poster child for Wake County’s debate about high-poverty schools. Its students recently saw big gains in test scores but are still well below the county average.
News
Growth Increases in Wake Schools
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Wake County schools have seen steady growth since the recession hit in 2008. But this year Wake’s central office is seeing a high volume of traffic, and growth may be re-approaching levels not seen since before the recession.
News
The Great Granny Flat Debate
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Residents and city officials debate backyard cottages and their potential benefits and problems.
