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After three years of intense debate and study, the Washington State Board of Education approved new high school graduation requirements for the class of 2016 on November 10. The changes will better prepare students for life after high school in our knowledge-based economy. Here’s what the diploma for the class of 2016 will require compared [...]
Updated 4 PM: The State Board of Education has just adopted new high school graduation requirements. Stay tuned for more details. A: Washington’s high school graduation requirements. A lot has changed since 1985. That’s why the State Board of Education (SBE) is trying to make students take more rigorous classes in high school. The goal [...]
If you wonder why so much emphasis is being placed on shoring up our state’s high school graduation requirements, consider the following numbers, compiled by the State Board of Education: 45 states do a better job preparing students for college and careers. 42 states have better college participation rates from low-income families. 67 percent of [...]
The State Board of Education (SBE) wants to know what you think of the proposed changes to the Washington State high school graduation requirements. Don’t know much about the changes? Now you can view a video webinar about the new requirements that are designed to help students graduate ready for college, careers and life. SBE [...]
When I started at LEV two and a half years ago, the State Board of Education’s high school graduation requirement work was in its early stages. Five months later I was on a bus to Vancouver with 40+ other education advocates, prepping to show our support for the proposed CORE 24 framework. Today, two years [...]
After two and a half years of meetings all across the state, thousands of hours of work by staff of the State Board of Education, OSPI and various task forces, and testimony by parents, students and education advocates from across the state, the State Board of Education just endorsed a meaningful high school diploma that [...]
I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of discussions. I’m tired of meetings. While everyone else talks, we lose yet another class of students. As school begins around the state, we continue to bicker and argue and dissect while we watch our achievement gap continue to grow, while we watch our kids continue to drop out [...]
This November there will be many important races on your ballot, and one that won’t — a seat on the State Board of Education. Unlike state legislators, members of the State Board of Educationare either appointed by the governor or elected by school board members across the state. While less visible at times, members of [...]
Day 2 of the State Board of Education meeting continues the debate on high school graduation requirements. The Board now has three options before it, all modifications of the Quality Core presented yesterday. The sticking issues today were: Should there be a default Core pathway? Should 2-credits of world language be part of the default Core [...]
The State Board of Education continues to consider/debate/agonize over the CORE 24 framework. At this week’s meeting in Anacortes, the Board is weighing whether to transform CORE 24 into Quality Core, which would require 20 credits to graduate from high school. Here’s how Quality Core breaks out: QUALITY CORE Subject Credit English 4 Math1 3 [...]
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