Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career
After wading through a sea of year-end top ten lists (best sandwiches of 2011, anyone?), we thought it was time for a countdown that’s actually educational. The Getting Smart blog has a list of 13 great TED Talk videos on innovation in education. Hear from experts, educators, students and entrepreneurs about what they think makes [...]
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 [...]
This post is written by Trish Millines Dziko, executive director of TAF Academy and a LEV board member. This is a post in a series highlighting use of technology in classroom. We will also be covering this topic with an expert panel at our next speaker series event on Thursday, June 9th, at 7pm at [...]
This post is written by Tom Vander Ark, CEO of OpenEd Solutions. This is a post in a series highlighting use of technology in classroom. Vander Ark will be the moderator at our next speaker series event, which features this topic. The event will be on Thursday, June 9th, at 7pm at the University of [...]
Read the 2011 Report Card. Today marks the release of the fourth Citizens’ Report Card on Washington State Education. Since we first published the Report Card in 2006, Washington has felt the waves of education reform efforts hitting its shores. We passed some landmark legislation in 2009 and 2010, formally stepped in to the early [...]
From the Kitsap Sun: By next year, Bremerton School District plans to set West Hills Elementary on its way to becoming what could be the state’s only public K-8 campus focused on science and math. It would begin by keeping the current group of fifth-graders through next year, adding a sixth-grade to the school in [...]
It seems Americans are finally starting to notice that our students just aren’t competitive any longer in the global marketplace. I’ve known this for some time – I worked as an engineer and hiring manager at Amazon.com. It doesn’t surprise me. I worked with software engineers from China, India, Pakistan (and others, all on H1B visas). [...]
Next week will be a full one for the Washington State Legislature. Before each legislative session begins, there are a couple of days each year when the legislature reconvenes ‘informally” (they do not come into session) to hold committee meetings and work sessions to hear reports and discuss upcoming issues. And since this is also [...]
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