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With a looming $4.6 billion state budget shortfall, University of Washington alumni are forming a new group, UW Impact, to advocate and take action in support of the university and higher education. Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget proposal calls for nearly $200 million in cuts over the next two years for the UW and a total [...]
Is education a national security issue? A new study reveals that more than one in five young people are unable to pass our nation’s military entrance exam. The report, “Shut Out of the Military” by the Education Trust, examined results from the U.S. Army’s Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. The report raises concerns [...]
Publicola got the scoop over the weekend on chair assignments for the House Democrats. Josh Feit at Publicola calls it a “close-to-final draft,” so keep in mind the committee assignments aren’t set in stone. The Education and Higher Education committees will get new chairs to replace the retiring Reps. Dave Quall and Deb Wallace. Rep. [...]
With visions of sugar plums dancing through my head and pounds of ginger cookies attaching themselves to my hips, Happy Holidays, kids! Lots to cover in our LAST issue of the year. I know. I’m beside myself too. And, deep breath… Waiting to Exhale: For those of us who waited with bated breath for the [...]
Tomorrow, the Senate will be holding a procedural vote on the DREAM Act, which will require 60 votes, leading to a final vote either this weekend or next week. We need to keep up the pressure on target Senators to ensure the legislation passes! The House of Representatives passed the DREAM Act last week with [...]
A former U.S. astronaut is urging Superintendent Randy Dorn not to delay mathematics and science graduation requirements for Washington’s high school students. Beginning with the class of 2013, students must take an additional credit in math and meet state standards in math and science on the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE). Last year, Sup. Dorn proposed delaying the [...]
Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is visiting Seattle today and stopped by the League of Education Voters’ office to speak with education advocates. Rhee spoke to a diverse audience of parents, teachers, principals and other education advocates about StudentsFirst, a new initiative she founded to drive reforms and improve student achievement in education. The [...]
Yesterday, Gov. Chris Gregoire released a budget proposal that she said did not represent her values or those of the state. With a $4.6 billion shortfall, she had no choice but to propose deep cuts to education, health care and other government services. Education advocates reacted to the budget in a story published in the [...]
Gov. Chris Gregoire will release her plan to solve Washington’s projected budget shortfall of nearly $5 billion this morning. You can watch her budget press conference live on <a href=”http://www.tvw.org/index.cfm?bhcp=1″ target=”new”>TVW beginning at 10:30 AM</a>. The Legislature will convene in early January to release their own two-year budget proposals. 12:50 p.m. update Here are the [...]
It could take Washington State 105 years to close the achievement gap based on our current rate of progress, according to a report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP). The CEP, an education think-tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed trends in reading and mathematics performance and achievement gaps for African American, Asian, Latino, Native American [...]
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