Comments for League of Education Voters http://educationvoters.org Building a quality public education system from cradle to career. Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:25 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on School Board Elections – Seats in your district, up for grabs! by League of Education Voters http://educationvoters.org/2013/05/14/school-board-elections-seats-in-your-district-up-for-grabs/#comment-3950 League of Education Voters Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:25 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=20725#comment-3950 Thank you for your comment. We will be updating our chart as we get new information.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on School Board Elections – Seats in your district, up for grabs! by Melissa Westbrook http://educationvoters.org/2013/05/14/school-board-elections-seats-in-your-district-up-for-grabs/#comment-3949 Melissa Westbrook Wed, 15 May 2013 20:59:37 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=20725#comment-3949 You have the Seattle seats wrong.

Estey is running in Michael DeBell’s seat (he is stepping down) which is district 4.

Smith-Blum has not announced if she is running in her current seat which is district 5. There are no challengers as of this date.

Betty Patu is director in district 7 and is running to retain her seat. She has no challengers as of this date.

]]> Comment on School Board Elections – Seats in your district, up for grabs! by katy http://educationvoters.org/2013/05/14/school-board-elections-seats-in-your-district-up-for-grabs/#comment-3920 katy Wed, 15 May 2013 00:18:59 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=20725#comment-3920 Are these ‘open’ seats, or seats with no opponent for the incumbent?

]]> Comment on Attend the Annual Washington state PTA Convention this weekend by Brooke http://educationvoters.org/2013/05/01/attend-the-annual-washington-state-pta-convention-this-weekend/#comment-3827 Brooke Fri, 03 May 2013 16:45:22 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=20464#comment-3827 I am really excited about our class on School Discipline! I have been spending a lot of time with school staff talking about how their current policy’s have been/haven’t been helping students reach their full potential. Having an on the ground perspective has really helped us dig in and understand the solutions that are out there! Hope to see you on Sunday!

]]> Comment on Educators, advocates embrace “academic acceleration” bill by Academic Acceleration: Boosting Achievement and College-Readiness among Students of Color « ChalkBloggers http://educationvoters.org/2013/02/05/educators-advocates-embrace-academic-acceleration-bill/#comment-3811 Academic Acceleration: Boosting Achievement and College-Readiness among Students of Color « ChalkBloggers Thu, 02 May 2013 16:39:48 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=19402#comment-3811 [...] Jenkins, Director of the Black Education Roundtable at the League of Education Voters, also spoke in support of the bill, “There are thousands of black and brown students and [...]

]]> Comment on School Suspensions & Expulsions: The tipping point to dropout, delinquency, and lifelong poverty by Weekly Ed News Round Up | Getting Smart http://educationvoters.org/2013/02/11/school-suspensions-expulsions-the-tipping-point-to-dropout-delinquency-and-lifelong-poverty/#comment-3330 Weekly Ed News Round Up | Getting Smart Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:52:38 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=19457#comment-3330 [...] Common sense discipline continues to move forward in the legislature. This week the Senate Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on SB 5244, a bill to change the policies on indefinite expulsions. The good folks at Appleseed and Team Child, wrote about the results of their studies on the issue. One key finding is that putting kids out of school leads to dramatic, negative economic impacts. LEV and our partners will host an event to further discuss the issue on the 21st. [...]

]]> Comment on Supporting our littlest learners – two early learning bills that can make a difference by Weekly Ed News Round Up | Getting Smart http://educationvoters.org/2013/02/14/supporting-our-littlest-learners-two-early-learning-bills-that-can-make-a-difference/#comment-3329 Weekly Ed News Round Up | Getting Smart Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:52:19 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=19556#comment-3329 [...] like Early Learning is the new Marc Jacobs - come on, people, even I knew it was fashion week. First, President [...]

]]> Comment on Supporting Academic Acceleration by League of Education Voters http://educationvoters.org/2013/03/21/supporting-academic-acceleration/#comment-2615 League of Education Voters Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:33:39 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=19966#comment-2615 Hi Stephanie,

Thanks for the positive feedback. We just updated our website so “like” away!

]]> Comment on Supporting Academic Acceleration by Stephanie http://educationvoters.org/2013/03/21/supporting-academic-acceleration/#comment-2609 Stephanie Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:16:49 +0000 http://educationvoters.org/?p=19966#comment-2609 I’m looking for a LIKE button. Great story. It’s making me rethink my own childrens’ classes for next year.

]]> Comment on Infographic: Why STEM? by Infographic: Why STEM, Why Now? | STEMOLOGIST http://educationvoters.org/2012/08/02/infographic-why-stem/#comment-2155 Infographic: Why STEM, Why Now? | STEMOLOGIST Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:05:34 +0000 http://www.educationvoters.org/?p=14736#comment-2155 [...] or download the infographic here, thanks “Education Voters”. This infographic shows why we should start to practice STEM [...]

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