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Gov. Gregoire weighs in on the education reform bills
March 26, 2009 By
Education news of the day
March 26, 2009 By
Full house: Standing room only at Senate Early Learning and K-12 Committee hearing Make some noise: Coalition urges school changes A+: Port Angeles science teacher wins top honor Ks for kids: Anacortes School District hopes to keep full-day kindergarten Would it help? Candidate proposes city takeover of Seattle schools
Washington gets a D+ in use of technology
March 25, 2009 By
Embarrassing. That’s all I can say. The 2009 Technology Counts grades are in and nothing changed since 2008. Washington State, the home of Microsoft, Boeing, Real Networks etc. gets a D+(69%) in the use of technology. Nationwide the average is a B (83%). Why is our grade so low? Washington Survey Data from 2008-09 State [...]
Senate budget release could be next week
March 25, 2009 By
Hearing in the Senate – 2261/6048
March 25, 2009 By
Well, this morning was another round of hearings on Ed Reform bills this session. The Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee took public testimony on both HB 2261 and SB 6048. There was a great turn out — over 90 people signed in to testify! The hearing was completely full and a break-out room was [...]
Education news of the day
March 25, 2009 By
Watch Basic Education hearing in Senate
March 25, 2009 By
Standing room only this morning. Ninety people have signed up to testify. Live blogging updates on the way!!! Quick highlight from this morning: Sup. Randy Dorn said that 42 school districts (14% of districts statewide) are on the brink of insolvency. Mary Jean Ryan followed up by referring to our education system as a house [...]
To date stimulus $ by county now available
March 24, 2009 By
The state’s ARRA website now features an interactive map detailing the known amounts of federal stimulus money each county will receive. Focusing on education, Washington knows it will receive $349 million. Not surprisingly, the counties receiving the lion’s share are the most populous (King, Pierce and Snohomish). The site also breaks down whether the funds are [...]
Education news of the day
March 24, 2009 By
