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2009 Progress Report for LEV Foundation

We’re thrilled to release our first LEV Foundation Progress Report. It’s a great overview of our accomplishments since our founding in 2001 and our vision for education in Washington State.

Question of the Week

Great Teachers and Leaders is one of six selection criteria for Race to the Top (R2T).  R2T calls for the use of a fair evaluation system for teachers and principals that differentiate effectiveness using multiple rating categories and take student growth into account. Should student performance be included in teacher evaluations? Leave a comment below [...]

LIVE BLOG: QEC, day 1

The Quality Education Council is meeting today and tomorrow in Olympia (no online agenda yet, sorry meeting docs now up). For those interested in seeing Superintendent Dorn’s mustache (it is Movember), tune in to TVW. I’ll be posting updates throughout the day, all you need do is hit ‘refresh.’ 9:05am-10am Beginning Teacher Mentor Program (Beginning [...]

Technology Alliance: Stick with math & science requirements

(This is a guest blog post by Susannah Malarkey, executive director of Technology Alliance, a statewide, not-for-profit organization of leaders from Washington’s diverse technology and related businesses and research institutions.) If “innovation is in our nature,” then sticking with the math and science graduation requirements should be the natural decision for state policy leaders to [...]

Race to the Top: General Criteria

The final Race to the Top (R2T) guidelines are out, and we all want to know what Washington’s chances are for scoring a piece of the pie. In a series of posts, you’ll find a detailed run through of the guidelines, as well as some analysis on where Washington stands (previous post on overall picture [...]

Race to the Top: Turning Around the Lowest-Achieving Schools

The final Race to the Top (R2T) guidelines are out, and we all want to know what Washington’s chances are for scoring a piece of the pie. In a series of posts, you’ll find a detailed run through of the guidelines, as well as some analysis on where Washington stands (previous post on overall picture [...]

Race to the Top: Great Teachers & Leaders

The final Race to the Top (R2T) guidelines are out, and we all want to know what Washington’s chances are for scoring a piece of the pie. In a series of posts, you’ll find a detailed run through of the guidelines, as well as some analysis on where Washington stands (previous post on overall picture [...]

Race to the Top: Data Systems to Support Instruction

The final Race to the Top (R2T) guidelines are out, and we all want to know what Washington’s chances are for scoring a piece of the pie. In a series of posts, you’ll find a detailed run through of the guidelines, as well as some analysis on where Washington stands (previous post on overall picture [...]

Weekly roundup of education news from LEV

Education advocates and newspapers quickly weighed in on Superintendent Dorn’s proposal to delay math and science high school graduation requirements last week. LEV has begun to post in-depth analysis on the final Race to the Top guidelines on our blog.  We’re also introducing a Question of the Week to encourage discussion on thought-provoking questions about [...]

Question of the Week

In Portland Public Schools, budget cuts could hit home to students and parents. Up to five classroom days could be cut from the school calendar because of furlough days. Recent polling shows that 60 percent of Washington residents don’t believe our state is facing a budget crisis even though higher education and K-12 have been [...]

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