With key legislative deadlines this week, advocates are closely monitoring the status of several proposals to help Washington win a Race to the Top grant.
Publicola interviewed several education stakeholders, including LEV’s Chris Korsmo, about Washington’s Race to the Top efforts. They asked if the proposals (House Bills 3038, 3035, and 3059 and Senate Bill 6696) to allow the state to intervene in low-performing schools and change the way we evaluate, train and recruit educators, will be enough to qualify for a Race to the Top grant.
In regards to intervention authority, Chris said “the [proposals] for turning around the lowest-performing schools are particularly strong.” The bill (HB 3038), is based off the extensive work of the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for supporting and improving consistently under-performing schools.
