Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
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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Say you are a parent in Washington looking for more information on how well your child’s school performed on the math portion of the MSP (Measurements of Student Progress). Or you’re moving to Lakewood from Seattle and you want to see data regarding the achievement/ opportunity gap concerning black and Latino students in the Clover Park [...]
Lynn Lentz, second grade teacher at Delong Elementary in Tacoma, is the teacher who helped Felicia Reeve’s second grade granddaughter improve in reading. With 30 years teaching experience, Lynn believes we can improve kids’ academic performance by: 1) Delaying entrance to kindergarten until kids are intellectually mature enough 2) Not insisting that all kids be [...]
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Read the press release for more information on the merger. I attended my 5-year-old daughter’s graduation last night. That’s right, graduation. She successfully finished pre-school and is prepared to succeed in Kindergarten. Now many of you might feel that that such a ceremony is cute and all, but has little meaning. Are not all 5 [...]
Last night, LEV hosted three education innovators at UW’s Kane Hall as part of our Voices from the Education Revolution Speaker Series. They gave the audience of more than 200 graduate students, parents and educators a glimpse of how technology will revolutionize education. Tom Vander Ark, CEO of OpenEd Solutions, described the potential of ed-tech [...]
Last night, state lawmakers in the House voted on legislation to provide funding to lower K-3 class sizes. Although the vote was 52-42 for House Bill 2078, the bill failed because it did not receive a two-thirds supermajority. The vote came one day after a joint op-ed was published in the Seattle Times by LEV [...]
Are you an educator, youth coordinator, coach, parent or volunteer looking to share and learn new ways to support the future success of our youth? School’s Out Washington is hosting its ninth annual Bridge from School to Afterschool and Back Conference in Seattle on October 17-18. The Seattle-based non-profit organization is dedicated to building community [...]
House and Senate budget leaders announced their bi-partisan budget agreement one day before time runs out on the 30-day special session. The biggest shock was House budget leaders agreeing to a 1.9% across-the-board salary reduction for teachers and 3% for principals and administrators. The Senate had proposed 3% for all educators while the House had [...]
What makes a great educator? Is it a science? Is it a secret ingredient? Last week, Nick Brossoit, superintendent of Edmonds School District, sent the email below to his staff about his view of what great educators bring to the classroom. After 27 years in public education, I have visited thousands of classrooms and [...]
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