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One of our favorite education vloggers Malcolm Throckmorton offers a great explanation on why legislators are meeting now to balance the budget. Throckmorton also discusses the difference between a biennial and a supplemental budget. Tune in to get a better understanding on what the heck is going on in Olympia.
Washington State is facing another $1.7 billion shortfall, and legislators are now tackling the deficit in a special session. We’ve released a new version of our budget calculator to challenge you to make the tough decisions in order to eliminate the latest budget deficit. The services and programs you decide to cut or keep will [...]
Troy Christensen is the administrator of homeless programs for Pierce County, former chair of Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness, and former chair of Washington State Coalition for the Homeless who fears that we are living in a seemingly endless cycle of budget cuts that leave an increasingly large number of families homeless. Christensen says [...]
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Yesterday, Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed $1.7 billion in cuts to state government, while suggesting a temporary sales tax increase to prevent some of the more severe reductions, which include shortening the school year. We wrote that cutting education is the wrong solution for our ailing economy. The Legislature will tackle the budget deficit in a [...]
Today, Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed $1.7 billion in cuts to state government, while suggesting a temporary sales tax increase to prevent some of the more severe reductions, which include shortening the school year. Eliminating four school days and slashing education funding by $508 million (early learning through higher education) puts the state on the wrong [...]
Scott Markowitz, is a 4th grade teacher at Christensen Elementary School in Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma who became interested in the idea of using developmental assets in his teaching. Developmental assets are individual resources that young people have available to them that help them have positive experiences and become successful adults. Having caring [...]
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This blog post was written by Jody McVittie, MD, Executive Director, Sound Discipline and Terry Chadsey, MS Sound Discipline Board President. Read more about discipline and the school pushout issue on our website. To attend our Dec. 8th event in Tacoma, please RSVP here. In the Seattle School District, African American elementary school students are [...]
The Excellent Schools Now coalition (of which we are a member) has released a new vision for our state A+ Washington: A Way Forward for All Students. The vision focuses on bringing the input of a wide range of stakeholders to provide solutions for the challenges that face our education system today. This effort is [...]
Beth Sigall, attorney, special education advocate, and mother of three children, (including one with autism), believes the aim of the school district should be to put every special education advocate out of business. She was inspired to become an advocate when she saw the distress of another parent trying to decipher the special education law [...]
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