Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
When Lynn Gilliland realized that her daughter couldn’t read in the 1st grade, she set up an appointment with her teacher. She was told not to worry, that it was most likely a development delay. That answer didn’t sit right with her, so she had her privately evaluated and discovered that her daughter has dyslexia. [...]
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Felicia Reeves is a Tacoma woman raising seven of her grandchildren and trying to ensure that they all get a great education. Listen to her frustration as she tries to get all of them reading at grade level. Want to know what happened? Listen to Deb’s followup story on Felicia Reeves. Update: What happened with [...]
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Have you ever wondered how you can make a difference in the world? Tacoma resident and LEV Key Activist Deb Blakeslee thought about that. A passionate advocate for education and kids, she wanted to stop the flow of high school dropouts in our state and make our schools better for all kids. That desire has [...]
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The state’s appeal of the education funding lawsuit is scheduled for a hearing on June 28th in front of the state Supreme Court. It’s been more than a year since King County Superior Court Judge John Erlick ruled that “state funding [for basic education] is not ample, it is not stable, and it is not [...]
I was so sad. Last week, I went to a community showing of “Waiting for Superman” with an audience discussion afterward. Because of our deep involvement and concern in public school K-12 education, about four of us in this smaller community were specifically invited to watch and share our perspectives along with others in the [...]
LEV celebrated its 10th anniversary today with 500 supporters and friends at the Seattle Westin this morning. LEV board member Eric Liu welcomed everyone to the event, followed by remarks from CEO Chris Korsmo. Denny Heck, founder of TVW, gave the keynote speech and Pat Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir entertained the crowd. [...]
Editor’s Note: These are the remarks given by Chris Korsmo, LEV’s CEO, at our 10th anniversary breakfast this morning. This is a very special day for The League of Education Voters. Ten years ago we were but a gleam in Lisa’s gas tank. She spent the better part of a morning trying to set Seattle [...]
For the past year LEV has been a part of several coalitions that have created community values documents. The goal of these documents is to help communities speak up: to give voice to what the community would like to ask for around teacher bargaining. It’s an opportunity to teach the community how to come together [...]
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