President Obama has invited students of Aviation High School to attend his re-election fundraiser at the Paramount this weekend. The President wants to highlight the success of Aviation High School, one of the top performing schools in Washington State. Based in Des Moines, Aviation High School is a national model for STEM (science, technology, engineering [...]
I challenge you….to an early learning challenge
September 19, 2011 By
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 biggest impact on earnings? Education.
September 14, 2011 By
A new study by the U.S. Census based on data from 2006-2008 found that the biggest income gap in the country is not based on gender or race, but on education. The study found that over a forty-year career, the variation in annual earnings between the least educated (or those with an eighth grade education [...]
Potential jobs package built on school bonds
September 12, 2011 By
House Democrats will be looking for some kind of jobs legislation if there is a special session this summer, and Majority Floor Leader Tami Green has suggested one possibility; bonds for school renovations. The bonds would require approval from the voters. The idea is similar to last year’s rejected referendum, but without the bottled water [...]
Korsmo’s big idea
September 2, 2011 By
Seattle school board incumbents and challengers to face off in debate
September 1, 2011 By
On Tuesday, September 28th, all four Seattle school board incumbents will go head to head with their challengers in a debate at Town Hall. The debates, which will be moderated by KIRO’s Dave Ross, will give attendees an idea of where the incumbents and challengers stand on issues like school closures and reassignments, school programs [...]
Public charter schools: More questions and answers
September 1, 2011 By
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 [...]
King County teachers win big with DonorsChoose and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
August 31, 2011 By
King County teachers can count themselves among the growing number of people and organizations to receive grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More than one thousand project requests will be funded on DonorsChoose.org. This fall, half a million dollars of school supplies and resources will be delivered to classrooms across King County. Request [...]
Levy and bond campaign trainings available
August 30, 2011 By
It’s bond and levy campaign season again! Are you new to this? Trying to get your head around how to run a campaign? Worried about the economic climate? Want to learn how to use social media? There are two excellent trainings available to you. These trainings are designed for campaign committees or individuals from committees [...]
We’ll do summer better next year
August 30, 2011 By
Tonight, the most important question I have to ask will be: Is it appropriate to wear my t-shirt that has hip-hop stars on the side of Mt. Rushmore to the evening for new Upper School students and their parents hosted at the fancy private school Jane will be starting this week? I can’t decide. Yes, [...]
