Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
From the Associated Press: The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren’t going to preschool. Kids from low-income families who start kindergarten without first attending a quality education program enter school an estimated [...]
The news is out, Washington state is one of the winners of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC). What does it mean, you ask? Washington state, along with California, Minnesota, Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island will share $500 million dollars to go towards early learning initiatives. That’s a [...]
Washington’s Department of Early Learning has updated its website with legislative briefing documents to help give folks more information regarding early learning programs and services like WaKIDS, ECEAP, and child care costs. At the site, you’ll find briefing documents ranging from “Why early learning matters?” to “Childcare licensing.” You can also find legislative presentations and [...]
From babbling to sentences, a child takes a fascinating journey as they begin to talk, read, and learn. At the December Queen Anne Science Café, join Gina Lebedeva, Ph.D., of the UW’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences to explore how our social interactions shape children’s brains and influence their capacity to learn Science Cafés [...]
Yesterday, Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed $1.7 billion in cuts to state government, while suggesting a temporary sales tax increase to prevent some of the more severe reductions, which include shortening the school year. We wrote that cutting education is the wrong solution for our ailing economy. The Legislature will tackle the budget deficit in a [...]
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. [...]
Well, it’s one of those Pacific Northwest days that has the makers of anti-depression medication doing a small-to-medium happy dance – with local baristas lacing up their shoes to join in. One of those days where you remind yourself that there are actually sunsets behind the mountains out there beyond the grey clouds and drizzle. [...]
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 [...]
Today Governor Gregoire released her “draft” supplemental budget and proposed that the state make major cuts to schools, colleges and universities for the fifth year in a row. The Governor proposes cutting $378 million in state support for schools and $174 million from colleges and universities. Cutting education jobs is the wrong solution for our [...]
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