Update: The Peeps might be off of the homepage, but they have not disappeared. Find them here. What happened to the LEV homepage? Three words: April Fools’ Day! We decided to have a little fun today. We know that we concentrate on some heavy issues, and today we wanted to show our lighter side. We [...]
Pathways to Prosperity
March 31, 2011 By
Editor’s note: The blog post below was written by our intern, Elliot Helmbrecht. The views expressed in the blog post and any references to legislation may or may not reflect the positions of the League of Education Voters. View our Session 2011 webpage for LEV’s legislative agenda and list of bills we are supporting. Is [...]
Good news for GET
March 31, 2011 By
A new report shows that the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program will be solvent for the next 50 years. The report decreases the likelihood that the legislature will overhaul the program. State lawmakers were considering legislation that would make the value of GET credits less generous. With tuition at our state’s colleges and universities continuing [...]
Math assessment bill passes Legislature
March 29, 2011 By
The uncertainty over our state’s math graduation requirements has been tempered for now this year. The Legislature just passed House Bill 1412, which allows students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 to pass one math end-of-course (EOC) exam instead of two. Students could pass either the algebra or the geometry EOC exams to satisfy [...]
Budget watch week 2…
March 29, 2011 By
With only 26 days left in the regular legislative session, we have yet to see a 2011-2013 budget proposal from either the House or Senate. So what’s the hold up? The House was expected to release a draft last week followed by the Senate. However, the March 17th state revenue forecast threw a monkey wrench [...]
What Can I Do?: Providing the Best Education for His Son
March 28, 2011 By
Edward Loftin, a small business owner and a single parent, shares the secrets he discovered to ensure the best education for his only child, despite the obstacles of losing his young wife, battling drug addiction, choosing a bad relationship resulting in jail, and homelessness. Edward searched the internet for the best school to place his [...]
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Korsmo’s education news roundup for March 27th
March 27, 2011 By
Friends, Romans, Countrymen…. At the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute this week, we were taught to clump things into threes. So, there you have it. Applied learning. Shameless Plug: Every year, about this time, various publications and online news sources hold contests with those delightfully disgusting candies known as Peeps. (Which, by the way, make the [...]
What Can I Do?: Building Partnerships with Parents
March 25, 2011 By
Trise Moore, Family & Community Partnership Director in the Federal Way School District, says, “I believe it is a lot easier to leverage the love of a parent who just doesn’t know what to do or how to do it than it is to consistently find other adults to put into the life of a [...]
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GET credits going like hotcakes
March 24, 2011 By
Families are buying Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) credits like hotcakes. With tuition hikes at UW and WSU of 10 percent or more the last two years, families are betting on GET to payoff in the long run. The Seattle Times reports that GET is experiencing record demand this year. Pending legislation in Olympia could change the [...]
Massachusetts one ups us again
March 23, 2011 By
State board boosts math requirement FITCHBURG — Getting admitted to a four-year public university in Massachusetts just got harder. The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted unanimously yesterday to require high school students seeking admission to a state university to take four years of math in high school, in an effort to boost college completion [...]
