Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
Want to help carry on a 119-year tradition? You can by encouraging a student age 14 to 16 to serve as a page in Olympia. Since 1891, young people from across Washington State have traveled to Olympia to serve as pages. During each week of the legislative session, about 50 students get to see the [...]
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Have you ever wanted to build something with giant blocks…and send a message about the importance of early learning at the same time? Well, now you can. Our good friends over at MomsRising are holding a unique and engaging event in Seattle tomorrow morning. So bring your kids and join the fun. Yellow hard hats: [...]
Committee Assembly prior to a new biennium is the time when members select new leadership in their chamber caucuses and reshuffle committee memberships. The first part of this week is the Senate Assembly and the latter part of the week is for the House. The Senate Dems were the first to release their new committee [...]
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of stories from our 1st Generation project. We are asking those who are the first generation in their families to graduate from a 4-year college or university to take our survey and tell us their stories. We plan to share those stories with you each day. You [...]
Former Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee was rumored to be a front runner for any number of high-profile education positions across the country. Ultimately, she decided to take a different route. Rhee announced on Monday that she was started her own national education reform organization called Students First. Rhee’s website says that the organization [...]
Parents in California are making history this week, having gathered the signatures necessary to “trigger” a transformation in their neighborhood school. Ben Austin, the executive director of the organization responsible for the law that gives parents that authority, will speak in Seattle on Wednesday as part of LEV’s Voices from the Education Revolution speaker series. [...]
It seems that the Grinch not only stole Christmas but Washington state’s revenue as well. Faced with a mounting deficit, Gov. Christine Gregoire announced a special legislative session before Christmas. More from the Seattle Times… OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire says she’ll call a special legislative session before Christmas to deal with a projected $1.1 [...]
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of stories from our 1st Generation project. We are asking those who are the first generation in their families to graduate from a 4-year college or university to take our survey and tell us their stories. We plan to share those stories with you each day. You [...]
A report from Bellweather Education Partners takes a look at the impact federal stimulus funds have had on education. Remember the stimulus? It provided more than $800 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Of that, more than $100 billion was dedicated to education. According to the report, this spending boost [...]
If you’re looking to get involved, you’ve got plenty of options this week! Besides our The Parent Revolution: Using Your Voice for Your Kids, Your Community and Our Future featuring Ben Austin and Trise Moore on Wednesday, there are a number of other events that you might want to consider attending….all in the name of [...]
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