For those of you who haven’t seen Superintendent Randy Dorn’s speech to the Washington State School Directors Association on delaying math and science requirements, we’ve got the video.
To see video of the entire conference, go to TVW.
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Lobbying Legislators – Tips from Rep. Ross Hunter
Kudos to Stand for Children for a very informative, useful workshop this Saturday! Rep. Ross Hunter gave a really informative session on “How to Lobby Your Legislators”, he thought he didn’t have an hour worth of material! (Those of you who know Rep. Hunter are laughing right now). I wanted to share his [...]
My hands are dirty, dirty with democracy.
Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m 22 years old and last year Obama made me want to vote for the first time. I came home for the weekend from college so I could help vote him through the primaries and things have changed ever since. I think someone gave me the democratic bug (no, not H1N1) [...]
You’re invited to an education town hall with Senate education leaders in Seattle
What’s your child’s experience with the quality of education at his or her school? What’s happened as a result of state budget cuts? What are your thoughts about the education reforms passed this year?
Parents and community members are invited to give feedback on these questions and much more at an Education Reform Town Hall with [...]
Kudos to all of the organizations involved in the Pierce County Graducation Summit!
One of the highlights was an interview with a group of students who have all faced challenges, including juvenile hall, homelessness, abandonment, drugs, and deaths of friends and family. When asked how they made it, every single one of them said they got help; an organization, a teacher, mentor helped them and believed in [...]
I 1033 is really scarier than I originally thought
I’ve been doing some work on I-1033 to better understand what is going to happen to education if it passes. It’s really not good. It will devastate education and that is not an understatement. You all know me, I’m not about money, I’m about student performance, if we could take these cuts [...]
Protect Our Schools – Vote NO on 1033
Protect Our Schools – Vote NO on 1033
Guest Blog – Can we really be this stupid? I-1033 is so lame. John Stokes
All opinions are those of the author and do not represent the opinions of the League of Education Voters or its employees.
Tim Eyman’s latest tax cutting effort, Initiative 1033, is poised to wreck havoc on the state’s property taxes on which vitally important services for the average Joe and Jane and their children depend, and [...]
Education is hot, debt is not.
Today, the Wall Street Journal published an article stating that student loan borrowing grew 25% in the last year (and has been steadily rising for some time now). “Today, two-thirds of college students borrow to pay for college, and their average debt load is $23,186 by the time they graduate.” For many of us, this [...]
Where are all the education advocates?
I’ve been concerned about education in my community and state for over 10 years. As a volunteer I’ve been recruiting people for years to speak up. And now at the League of Education Voters I spend most of my time recruiting people to speak up for education.
It is a long, slow process. [...]
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