Week 1 And we are off. The Legislative Session began with a gavel bang on Monday and will continue apace until April 24th. On Tuesday, the Governor gave her State of the State which LEV briefly commented on earlier this week. Also on Tuesday the 11th, the House Ways and Means committee took testimony on [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC
December 14, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council is holding its final meeting for 2010 today and tomorrow in Olympia. Find all <a href=”http://www.k12.wa.us/QEC/Meetings.aspx” target=”_blank”>meeting materials here</a>. Watch live <a href=”http://www.tvw.org/index.cfm?bhcp=1″ target=”_blank”>on TVW here</a>. Follow the action here (just hit refresh). 9:15am-9:25am <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Brief Overview of Funding Requirements of SHB 2776 — Isabel Munoz-Colon</span> <em><a href=”http://www.k12.wa.us/QEC/DecMeeting/Review_of_SHB_2776_Requirements.pdf”>PowerPoint available here</a></em> [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC, day 2
November 17, 2010 By
So excited to be back for day two of the Quality Education Council meeting. Find agenda and materials here. Watch on TVW here. Follow the action right here (just hit refresh). 9:15am-9:35am Classified Staffing Adequacy Report — Isabel Munoz-Colon PowerPoint available here 9:35am-11am Projected Costs of Implementing SBE Proposed Graduation Requirements — Edie Harding, Shawn [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC
November 16, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council is meeting today and tomorrow in Olympia. See the agenda and all materials here. Watch it live on TVW here. Follow my blog thread right here (just hit refresh on your browser). 9:15am-10:25am State Reform Plan Goals — Supt. Randy Dorn, Shawn Lewis PowerPoint available here >>Mary Jean Ryan suggested strengthening [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC
September 21, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council meets today. See agenda and matierals here. Watch on TVW here. Hit ‘refresh’ for updates. 9:05am-9:25am State and Federal Timber Revenue — Shawn Lewis PowerPoint available here Shawn Lewis recommends the QEC send this issue to the Local Funding Work Group. 9:25am-9:55am Graduation Requirements Recommendation — Edie Harding, Kathe Taylor PowerPoint [...]
QEC to meet tomorrow
September 20, 2010 By
LIVE BLOG: QEC
August 4, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council is meeting today in Olympia. Materials are available here. TVW is broadcasting the meeting live, or watch online here. I’ll be posting updates throughout the day, so be sure to hit ‘refresh’ on your browser. 9:05am-9:20am Common Core Standards — Alan Burke PowerPoint available here >>Dr. Bette Hyde asked about the [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC, day 2
May 11, 2010 By
Back for day two fo the Quality Education Council meeting. Meeting materials are still available here. TVW continues to carry the action live. 9:05am-10am Race to the Top Status and Work Plan — Judy Hartmann and Edie Harding Two-pager available here About 50 districts have signed on so far, most of them smaller in size. [...]
LIVE BLOG: QEC
May 10, 2010 By
Live blogging is back in 2010 with the first meeting of the Quality Education Council. Meeting materials are available online here. TVW is carrying all of the action live, view it online here. I’ll be updating throughout the day, so hit ‘refresh’ on your browser to follow along. 9:05am-9:45am Review and Update: 2010 Legislative Session and [...]
QEC meets May 10-11
May 7, 2010 By
The Quality Education Council is going to hold it’s first meeting of 2010 next Monday and Tuesday in Olympia. The two-day agenda is available here and all other meeting materials here. For those gluttons for punishment who cannot attend the meeting, TVW will broadcast the whole thing live both on TV and teh interwebs. And, of course, I [...]
