Archive | 13. Nov, 2009

AP/TNT story on Federal Way decision

Here’s a more detailed story about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a lower court’s ruling that pay disparities between school districts violate the state Constitution. An excerpt and link to the story is below. LEV will have more analysis on this ruling on Monday…stay tuned.

State Rep. Skip Priest, a Republican from Federal Way [...]

NEWS and the Federal Way lawsuit

This week, the Washington Supreme Court rejected a lower court’s ruling that pay disparities between school districts violate the state Constitution.  The folks at NEWS have posted information about how the NEWS lawsuit differs from the Federal Way lawsuit, and how the recent Supreme Court decision could impact the NEWS case.  Here’s an excerpt below:
Although [...]

What’s Washington doing to win Race to the Top dollars?

The Seattle Times covers a very timely story about what our state is doing to win Race to the Top dollars.  Yesterday, the final regulations for Race to the Top federal grants was released by the U.S. Department of Education.  Below is an excerpt from the article.
Despite the hurdles it faces, Washington does have some [...]