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House Bill 2533 would change the state operating budget process and prioritize K-12 education funding. LEV agrees with the intent and spirit but opposes the legislation. Here’s where we believe the Fund Education First legislation falls short. LEV looks at the entirety of the public education system, from early learning to higher education. We want [...]
The Senate Early Learning & K-12 education committee will hear testimony on this bill today at 1:30pm. LEV has been a firm supporter of investments early learning for many years. If we want to give all kids the opportunity to succeed in life, high quality early is bedrock strategy to do so. From birth to [...]
The Washington State Governor’s race put the issue of political endorsements front and center when Republican candidate Rob McKenna decided not to attend the endorsement interview with the Washington Education Association. Jay Inslee subsequently received the WEA’s endorsement. The League of Education Voters has consistently endorsed state legislative candidates, candidates for Governor, OPSI and occasionally [...]
This blog post is part of our edCored series on education funding. Levy talk is not, for most people, very interesting. That may be about to change. With the upcoming special session focused on filling a nearly $2 billion shortfall, you will start to hear a lot about “LEA.” Typically a fund with broad bipartisan [...]
A recently-released report by the Foundation for Child Development details in remarkable detail the evolution of the PreK-3rd movement in Seattle and Washington. The report looks at the history, accomplishments, results and challenges for this work going forward. It is a very interesting story covering more than 10 years of work. The League of Education [...]
LEV held an online chat recently about public charter schools, and we received a ton of great questions. Below are a few of those questions and their answers. Let us know if you have any additional queries or comments. We have grouped the questions received by theme and focus. Let’s get to them. Effectiveness of [...]
Read the press release for more information on the merger. I attended my 5-year-old daughter’s graduation last night. That’s right, graduation. She successfully finished pre-school and is prepared to succeed in Kindergarten. Now many of you might feel that that such a ceremony is cute and all, but has little meaning. Are not all 5 [...]
After two and a half years of meetings all across the state, thousands of hours of work by staff of the State Board of Education, OSPI and various task forces, and testimony by parents, students and education advocates from across the state, the State Board of Education just endorsed a meaningful high school diploma that [...]
The first big moment for early learning in this short session was today, January 19th, at 1:30pm. The House Committee on Early Learning & Children’s Services held a public Hearing on HB 2731 -”Creating an early learning program for educationally at-risk children.” The Hearing also included HB 2431 and HB 2867, both related to Early [...]
