Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
The Excellent Schools Now coalition (of which we are a member) has released a new vision for our state A+ Washington: A Way Forward for All Students. The vision focuses on bringing the input of a wide range of stakeholders to provide solutions for the challenges that face our education system today. This effort is [...]
We’ve been talking a lot about the significant benefits of investing in early learning (here, here and here, for starters), and the research just keeps coming to support it. A study published this week clearly shows that better reading in third grade comes from students who have had a combination of pre-k and full-day kindergarten. [...]
Working with a $30,000 grant awarded by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), closing the achievement gap, Federal Way’s Sacajawea Middle School continues to do what it can to improve education. At a recent board meeting Principal David Brower and assistant principal JoAnne Landis explained how they spent the $30,000. “Because of [...]
Latino Action Group liaison to Tacoma’s Vibrant Schools committee, Liesl Santkuyl, discusses giving Latino parents a voice and suggestions for how we can close the opportunity gap. One way Santkuyl believes we can end the opportunity gap is by ensuring teachers and other educational staff be culturally competent.
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The results of the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) for the Class of 2011 were released yesterday by the College Board (full reports for the nation here and Washington here). Washington has the highest SAT scores among states with at least 50 percent of the graduating class taking the test. Mean scores statewide were 523 on [...]
As the president of the Pierce County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, principal with Blanco Media Group, publisher of El Aquila (a bilingual newspaper circulated in the Pierce County area) and father of two young children, Miguel Blanco is involved with Vibrant Schools Tacoma Coalition because he wants the school district to minimize the achievement gaps [...]
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Warren Smith, Sr., has 27 years experience in policy positions as former school board and State Board of Education director. Warren believes we can close the education opportunity gap simply by believing all children can succeed, a common belief among Teachers of the Year. Warren says the education opportunity gap does not exist because some [...]
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Rashad Norris is the outreach director at Highline Community College. By teaching students how to advocate for themselves, Rashad is closing the education opportunity gap one student at a time. Are we really going to wait until he teaches each and every kid of color how to advocate for themselves to close the opportunity gap? [...]
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