Posted by Heather Here’s a recap of today’s Professional Educator Standards Board meeting. Handouts are not online yet, but some are worth a read once they are (or contact PESB staff next week and they will email them to you). To start, David Kinnuen, Corrine McGuigan, JoLynn Berge and Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson [...]
State’s Basic Education Finance Task Force members will be in Redmond Sept. 22
September 17, 2008 By
Posted by Michael Education advocates in East King County have a great opportunity to hear from members of the Basic Education Finance Task Force Monday, Sept. 22. Three members, Rep. Ross Hunter (D-Medina), Rep. Glenn Anderson (R-Fall City) and Sen. Rodney Tom (D-Bellevue), will discuss their efforts to redesign our state’s K-12 finance system for the 21st century. [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Posted by Heather 1:55pm-2:20pm Ben Kodama, Equitable Opportunity Caucus Tim Ames, Superintendent of Wellpinit School District Mr. Kodama and Superintendent Ames spoke about the need for improved education of Native American students. Sup. Ames also advocated for more local control of school funds (giving districts more flexibility on how to spend funds). Also, the EOC [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Posted by Heather This portion of the agenda featured presentations by community groups. 1:10pm-1:20pm Shannon Campion, Stand for Children Ms. Campion gave a brief presentation on Stand for Children and its presence in the State. Stand has five chapters in Washington: Bellevue, Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula, Issaquah, South Sound and Tacoma. 1:20pm-1:55pm Washington Health Foundation WHF [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Posted by Heather 10:45am-11:50am WSIPP reports Annie Pennucci and Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) WSIPP has put together a summary report of the proposals made to the BEFTF so far. It will be online today or tomorrow. WSIPP was asked to research TRI (Time, Responsibility and Incentive) Pay and issue a [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Posted by Heather 10am-10:20am Historical Perspective on School Funding Wally Miller, author of the 1975 “Miller report” used by the Legislature in the 1970s to setup the current school funding formula Mr. Miller was asked to address specific questions from the Task Force. He began by saying the problems are the same: not enough funding, [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Posted by Heather 9:25am-10am School District Budget Update Jennifer Priddy, OSPI Districts have turned in their budgets to OSPI. Ending fund balances have dropped substantially for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years, from almost 6 percent to just under 4 percent. Clarification: the 2008-09 numbers are estimates. Chair Grimm asked how this compares to the [...]
LIVE BLOGGING: Basic Education Finance Task Force Meeting
September 15, 2008 By
Becoming Senora Wallace: The adult version of the WASL
September 12, 2008 By
Posted by Katie. Just as high school students have to take exams to graduate, aspiring teachers have to take exams to reenter the classroom. In Washington State, teachers must pass a subject-area Praxis test and the Washington Educator Skills Test – Basic. The Praxis evaluates a person’s proficiency in a specific subject-area while the WEST-B [...]
