Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
This letter was written by former LEV Legislative Director and 37th district resident Hannah Lidman to Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos Dear Representative Santos – Yesterday, I thought about you and your work a great deal. I heard you discuss the Charter School bill in the morning on KUOW and in the evening I attended the [...]
As you may have noticed, LEV has become a little obsessed with Halloween over the last couple of weeks. And given the really gory details of the Governor’s state budget proposal yesterday, it seems our greatest fears for Washington’s children are coming to life before our eyes. We’ve shown you a budget fright fest for [...]
This blog post is part of our edCored series on education funding. If you want to be notified when new content is published in this month-long series, please subscribe to the LEV Blog’s RSS feed or once-a-day email digest. “Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.” This [...]
This blog post was written for our edCored series on education funding. If you want to be notified when new content is published in this month-long series, please subscribe to the LEV Blog’s RSS feed or once-a-day email digest. So everyone throws around this term “Basic Education” all the time when talking about K-12 funding [...]
Hello. My name is Hannah Lidman. You care about education. Prepare to sign this petition: http://wachallenge.org/. As you may have heard, Washington is applying for – and actually has a real shot at winning – a $60 million Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant from the federal government for our statewide early learning [...]
The research is crystal clear that high-quality prekindergarten can and does makes a huge impact on the lives of children – both in the short- and long-term. But sometimes, it takes more than a “dusty, old policy brief” filled with numbers and charts to help us really understand the difference it can make. Sometimes, it [...]
The race is on again! And this time Washington State is serious contender. A couple of months back, Congress announced new funding for Race to the Top. In total, Congress appropriated $700 million, of which a whopping $500 million is set aside specifically for early learning – the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge [...]
House and Senate budget leaders announced their bi-partisan budget agreement one day before time runs out on the 30-day special session. The biggest shock was House budget leaders agreeing to a 1.9% across-the-board salary reduction for teachers and 3% for principals and administrators. The Senate had proposed 3% for all educators while the House had [...]
Let’s face it. Its been a bleak year for education. The Senate and the House are negotiating over whether to cut $1.3 or $1.5 billion from our schools. Struggling families have been put on waiting lists for child care assistance or dropped completely. Washington’s high school graduates are being shut out and priced out of [...]
Lawmakers will be back Tuesday for a special legislative session to pass the next two-year state budget. Below is a chart showing where LEV’s budget priorities currently stand heading into the special session. League of Education Voters 2011-13 Budget Values & Priorities Priority Area Desired Funding Senate Budget As Passed Floor House Budget As Passed [...]
