Gates Foundation Going All In to Support Charters in Washington State
From the Gates Foundation website:LEV Foundation Date: October 2013 Purpose: to build capacity for a state-wide public charter school support organization in Washington State Amount: $4,200,000 Term: 24 Topic: College-Ready Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA Program: United States Grantee Location: Seattle, Washington So let's review. Lisa Macfarlane co-founded the League of Education
Washington State Charter Commission Has 22 Charter Applications
Plus three applications to Spokane School District. The 22 applications are out of 28 letters of intent to the Charter Commission.The ones that dropped out appear to be:Bilingual Charter Academy (Russian) in Clark CountyPath to Success in LongviewTacoma Preparatory AcademyEducation Academy of Washington, cyber-charterInspire Development Education Academy,location unclearFinnish First, YakimaThos
Tuesday Open Thread
News that President Smith-Blum fell on her way to a restaurant and broke her arm. We wish her a speedy recovery.From The Guardian, kids of today can't run as fast as their parents.On average, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a mile than their counterparts did 30 years ago. Heart-related fitness has declined 5% each decade since 1975, for children aged 9 – 17.If you have a girl, you migh
11-25-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News RoundupLocally (and thanks to reader Carolyn), news from Real Change newspaper about getting food to needy students for the weekends. While the kids of John Hay Elementary School play outside, LaRock carries bags of food into classrooms and surreptitiously slips them into the backpacks of 15 kids at the 500-student school on Queen Anne Hill. Each ba