Update on McCleary and Fully-Funding K-12 Education in Washington State
From Washington State Budget&Policy Center: Today, Pacifica Law Group filed an amicus brief with the Washington State Supreme Court on our behalf that makes it clear that legislators cannot responsibly address the requirements of the McCleary decision to fully fund education without raising new revenue.Joining us as co-signers on the brief are Centerstone, Equity in Education Coalition, Elderc
Washington State Gets "Mixed" Review in Rankings for States for K-12 Education
From the Huffington Post, a report about a ranking list from a personal finance site, Wallethub, for K-12 education in the 50 states. Washington state ranks 15th overall (kind of surprising) but 29th in spending, giving our state their "mixed" ranking. They give our state a 50 for "Education output and safety."Education Output & SafetySafest Schools (Percentage of Public
Seattle Schools and Title IX
I asked the Department of Education spokeperson about issues around Title IX and Seattle Schools and here was their statement:We can confirm that OCR is currently investigating a Title IX sexual violence case involving the Seattle Public Schools. As this is an open investigation, we cannot share any additional information. For more on how OCR handles civil rights complaints, please see our Web sit
PE at Your Neighborhood Community Center?
This was in the Northgate Community Center activities schedule. Apparently, you can get a high school (maybe middle school) PE credit for this class. Have you seen this elsewhere? (Credit to Carolyn Leith for pointing this out.)
8-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: A Reminder to Our ReadersThis is a community forum blog. To me and Charlie, that means anyone can come and discuss anything relevant to public education from national right down to specific Seattle schools/programs. We try to guide the conversation but not define it. You can opine/inform on topics on just about anything in public education. We provide open threa