Evergreen teachers union, district reach tentative agreement
The union will meet to vote on the new contract at 8 a.m. tomorrow at Evergreen High School. If approved by the majority of the union’s membership, schools will open on a 2-hour delay.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/sep/10/evergreen-teachers-union-district-reach-tentative-agreement/ #waedu
I opted not to go into school today to work on getting my classroom ready for the start of school. So much unpaid labor to get a classroom ready for a new year! I did make an IKEA run this morning because the custodian destroyed one of my shelves & I had to replace it. #waleg #waedu
Seattle-area teachers worry as heat waves can make classes unbearable
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/seattle-area-teachers-worry-as-heat-waves-can-make-classes-unbearable/ #waedu
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited two Seattle-area schools on Friday to see what technical education has to offer. #waedu https://st.news/45U3f2d #press
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited two Seattle-area schools on Friday to see what technical education has to offer. #waedu https://st.news/3P7sXKy #press
"Special Report: After the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, #Seattle schools took the initiative to voluntarily integrate through busing and school choice policies. But today, some schools are more segregated than in the 1980s." #waedu #Education #SeattleTimes
#seattletimes #Education #waedu #Seattle
@Olyindivisible We'll see how much it actually amounts to once the funding is divvied up. #waleg still avoided many more meaningful actions like getting rid of the supermajority for school bonds, adjusting the "prototypical school" formula so that districts are allocated more than a .6 psych for 14 schools, fixing the levy swipe, retooling the "regionalization" factor, & restoring the staff salary mix. #waedu
https://storiesfromschool.org/your-salary-and-why-staff-mix-matters/
Note that Washington state has 3 - yes THREE! - public high school jazz bands as finalists in the Essentially Ellington competition. More than any other state!
Congrats to Bothell HS, Roosevelt HS, & Garfield HS bands! #waleg #waedu
https://www.jazz.org/press/15-finalists-to-compete-in-28th-annual-essentially-ellington-high-school-jazz-band-festival/
Special ed students are worth the money. It's time Washington provides enough of it.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/editorials/other-views-special-ed-students-are-worth-the-money-its-time-washington-provides-enough-of/article_ebbd4308-c100-11ed-a5ac-c3904a3d2f51.html #waedu #waleg
WA State Supreme Court – Wahkiakum School District No. 200 v State of WA: Are school capital costs included in the “education” that the State is required to fund under art. IX, sec. 1? https://www.tvw.org/watch/?clientID=9375922947&eventID=2023031370 #waleg #waedu
And the kicker...
"The hope is that, by draining public money away from ordinary public schools and into charter schools, conservatives can destroy the former and leave parents with no options other than putting their kids in schools that are geared towards right-wing indoctrination." #waleg #waedu #utpol