Folks from near Atlanta will be coming to town this week to see what tips they can pick up from the Triangle, including from the Wake school system.

The delegation from Gwinnett County, an Atlanta suburb, will spend part of Friday learning about education issues.

Things will kick off with former Superintendent Bill McNeal and former school board member Tom Oxholm talking about their new book, "A School District's Journey to Excellence: Lessons From Business and Education."

There was a time when Wake used to compare itself against districts in other states on its SAT report.

But 2005 was the last year Wake compared itself to places such as Fairfax County (VA) and Fulton County (GA). Since then, including the latest report, Wake has only compared itself to other large districts in North Carolina.

Wake looked pretty good against the out-of-state comparison group in 2005. In 2008, Wake still holds its own against most of the districts.