We’re announcing early endorsements of incumbents who are facing tough challenges in their legislative races. LEV’s early endorsements recognize our key strategic partners in education reform and funding. These incumbents have a record of leadership in the Legislature on educational issues and have made improving academic outcomes for all children their top priority. These incumbents [...]
Washington will submit Race to the Top application
May 19, 2010 By
An impressive number of school districts — 251 — have signed onto the state’s Race to the Top application, representing a whopping 96% of our students. And stragglers are still crossing the finish line! Does high participation even matter? Absolutely. Getting broad and deep buy in on our state’s new education reform plan from the [...]
Yes, education really does pay
May 13, 2010 By
Paramount Duty available on DVD
May 12, 2010 By
Paramount Duty premiered at the NW Film Forum last month to a packed audience. Now the film is available on DVD to show in your home, at PTA meetings and to other groups and organizations. Click here to order your copy of Paramount Duty. Paramount Duty is an honest and compelling look at how the [...]
Waiting for Superman
May 11, 2010 By
Remember what An Inconvenient Truth did for the environment? Well we’re excited for what Waiting for Superman will do for public education on the national stage. The director of An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, will tell the story about America’s public schools. The documentary follows a group of promising kids in our education system and [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC, day 2
May 11, 2010 By
Back for day two fo the Quality Education Council meeting. Meeting materials are still available here. TVW continues to carry the action live. 9:05am-10am Race to the Top Status and Work Plan — Judy Hartmann and Edie Harding Two-pager available here About 50 districts have signed on so far, most of them smaller in size. [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC
May 10, 2010 By
Live blogging is back in 2010 with the first meeting of the Quality Education Council. Meeting materials are available online here. TVW is carrying all of the action live, view it online here. I’ll be updating throughout the day, so hit ‘refresh’ on your browser to follow along. 9:05am-9:45am Review and Update: 2010 Legislative Session and [...]
QEC meets May 10-11
May 7, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council is going to hold it’s first meeting of 2010 next Monday and Tuesday in Olympia. The two-day agenda is available here and all other meeting materials here. For those gluttons for punishment who cannot attend the meeting, TVW will broadcast the whole thing live both on TV and teh interwebs. And, of course, I [...]
The state wants feedback on its reform plan
May 5, 2010 By
Washington’s Race to the Top (R2T) application team — led by the governor’s office, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education — is drafting a reform plan to include in our R2T application (and drive education reform in WA, generally). And they want to hear from you! We’ve [...]
Student debt is still a problem ($urpri$e)
May 3, 2010 By
A quick post on two blogs highlighting the continued debt burden many students must take on to attend a 2- or 4-year college. Higher Ed Watch points highlights a new report laying out which bacholor’s degree recipients borrow the most. The Quick and the Ed takes a look at the loan default rates for students based [...]
