Just wondering when the word “effective” became loaded, pejorative or bad. Over at the Save Seattle Schools blog, there’s a conversation going on that started out as a back and forth over a set of values statements for bargaining teacher contracts crafted by a group of advocates – the League included. At some point in the discussion [...]
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Doing the Right Thing Always Matters
For those of you counting at home – and by my count, from some of the comments, at least a few of you are following along – this legislative session is officially one week old. Not to beat a dead drum, but there’s a lot at stake here, so each week counts and counts big. [...]
Gates Sr: Race To The Top Provides “Unprecedented Opportunity”
In front of a packed room of Washington education leaders, Bill Gates Sr. delivered a keynote speech Thursday calling on officials to dramatically improve our education system and to compete for the federal Race To The Top funds. Below are the highlights of his speech.
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, by far and away our biggest investment in the [...]
LEV’s 2010 Legislative Agenda
Despite the budget crisis, it’s essential that we make progress to improve education in the state of Washington. We must hold our lawmakers accountable for the first steps in implementing historic education reform legislation passed last year. We must answer President Obama’s call for broad, systemic change of our nation’s schools by submitting a bold [...]
A note on bold, yet thoughtful reform
Katrina is an intern at LEV and graduate school student and a guest contributor to the LEV blog.
We just put up a post on the flurry of Race to the Top activity in many states. One of the articles discussed the split between California’s lawmakers over legislation the state is undertaking in order to be [...]
What is the latest on the Race to the Top?
After Governor Gregoire’s November 20 announcement that Washington would sit out the first round of applications in January, it almost seemed there was a lull in activity in the Race to the Top. But this week reveals the actions other states are taking to jockey into position, gain a lead, and generally position themselves to [...]
Education news for December 3
Early learning training in Anacortes: Grant helps groups get kids on the same page before kindergarten
Skeptics ask, who will pay? State’s draft education-reform plan lays out lofty early childhood goals
Charters under scrutiny: Study casts doubt on strength of charter managers
Gates Foundation backs drive for parental support: PTA launches campaign backing common standards
Education news for December 1
Budget woes around the state:
Legislator, Central Kitsap superintendent paint dark budget picture
Stimulus-supported bond program not working for schools
Zillah schools asks public for views on M & O amount
Goal at alternative school in Granite Falls: Get a diploma
K-12 technology: Broader role outlined for district ed-tech leaders
Reauthorizing the education act: Duncan aims to make incentives key element [...]
Technology Alliance: Stick with math & science requirements
(This is a guest blog post by Susannah Malarkey, executive director of Technology Alliance, a statewide, not-for-profit organization of leaders from Washington’s diverse technology and related businesses and research institutions.)
If “innovation is in our nature,” then sticking with the math and science graduation requirements should be the natural decision for state policy leaders to make.
On [...]
Weekly roundup of education news from LEV
Education advocates and newspapers quickly weighed in on Superintendent Dorn’s proposal to delay math and science high school graduation requirements last week. LEV has begun to post in-depth analysis on the final Race to the Top guidelines on our blog. We’re also introducing a Question of the Week to encourage discussion on thought-provoking questions about [...]
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