We’ve heard it before — the majority of family-wage jobs in the next decade are going to require at least some post-secondary education (certificate, degree, apprenticeship, etc.). Well, now it’s ALL jobs. The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University just published a report detailing the number of jobs in the U.S. (and by state) that [...]
Investment in pre-K pays big dividends
June 30, 2010 By
From Kentucky: WILLIAMSBURG — When 299 graduates earned diplomas from Whitley County High School this June, it would have been hard to know which students might not have been there without the district’s 20-year investment in pre-k. Statistics, however, make it clear that the graduating class would likely have been much smaller. In 1990, just [...]
By the numbers
June 29, 2010 By
100 percent of school's first class college-bound
June 29, 2010 By
FDK and NTMY from HDL
June 29, 2010 By
A post about full-day kindergarten (FDK) and a nice to meet you (NTMY) from a new LEV staffer, Hannah Danielle Lidman (HDL: that’s me!). The Foundation for Child Development just released a great new report about the importance about full-day kindergarten (or all-day kindergarten as we sometimes refer to it in WA) in the continuum [...]
Data…more data
June 28, 2010 By
This is a gift for all of you wonks out there who love spreadsheets and tracking information about each of our state’s school districts. The folks at Partnership for Learning have compiled a spreadsheet of Washington school districts showing participation in Race to the Top, innovation clusters, School Improvement Grants, and teacher and principal evaluation [...]
Webinar on federal efforts to turn around schools
June 28, 2010 By
The Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, DC-based national policy and advocacy organization, is hosting a webinar this Thursday from 11 AM to Noon PDT called: Can School Improvement Grants Save the Nation’s Lowest-Performing High Schools. The School Improvement Grant (SIG) program is targeted to provide assistance to turn around the lowest-performing schools, including the [...]
Latest candidate video from the LEV PAC: Randy Gordon
June 28, 2010 By
We’ve asked some of the candidates endorsed by the LEV PAC to share their thoughts on what needs to happen next with education in Washington state. Remember that the folks we send to Olympia are critical to bringing meaningful change to our education system. Below is Senator Randy Gordon (D – 41st) – See all [...]
Gates Foundation publishes video on teacher effectiveness program
June 24, 2010 By
As we learned in November, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is putting $290 million into studying effective teaching, including recruitment, retention, professional development, evaluation and compensation. Grants were awarded to three school districts (Hillsborough County, FL; Memphis; and Pittsburgh) and one consortium of charter schools in Los Angeles. To keep spreading the word, the Gates Foundation has [...]
Rep. Pat Sullivan receives award from state principals
June 23, 2010 By
The Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) has honored Rep. Pat Sullivan with its 2010 Torch of Leadership Award. The award was given to Rep. Sullivan because he has taken a leadership role in improving our state’s public schools and sponsored more than 20 education-related bills. He was the lead sponsor of House Bills 2261 [...]
