It’s a tough economic climate-especially to achieve the supermajority vote needed to pass a school bond. And yet, that’s exactly what happened last week thanks to the tenacity and hard work of students, schools, and volunteers in Yakima. For the first time in nearly 20 years, voters in the Yakima School District approved a $114 [...]
Beating the odds
May 28, 2009 By
It’s a tough economic climate—especially to achieve the supermajority vote needed to pass a school bond. And yet, that’s exactly what happened last week thanks to the tenacity and hard work of students, schools, and volunteers in Yakima. For the first time in nearly 20 years, voters in the Yakima School District approved a $114 [...]
Education news of the day
May 28, 2009 By
WA receives $672 million in stabilization funds
May 27, 2009 By
The U.S. Department of Education released Washington’s first wave of state fiscal stabilization fund dollars, to the order of $672 million. In our application, we asked for $820 million: Restore the level of state support for K-12 in FY2009: $362 million Restore the level of state support for colleges in FY2009: $0 Restore the level [...]
Education news of the day
May 27, 2009 By
TRUTH SQUAD: Early learning veto
May 26, 2009 By
Last week The Seattle Times published an editorial in support of Gov. Gregoire’s veto of the early learning section in HB 2261. We, like so many others across the state, were saddened to lose that part of the bill, and see some things a bit differently than The Times. The Seattle Times “Governor shows leadership [...]
Kati Haycock Town Hall on Seattle Channel
May 26, 2009 By
Education news of the day
May 26, 2009 By
Wonky words: Report on education equity
May 22, 2009 By
The Schott Foundation for Public Education just released Lost Opportunity: A 50 State Report on the Opportunity to Learn in America. In this report, the states are ranked on the opportunity to learn provided to all students. What I find really interesting is where the report calls out the economic consequences of each state’s education system. This report [...]
Education news of the day
May 21, 2009 By
