Category Archives: In The News

31 Dec
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The Columbian: Should WA schools restrict cellphones? One district has.

With fingers crossed, Gig Harbor’s Peninsula School District made the move to ban social media access and restrict cellphone use in classrooms this year. There has been less pushback than anticipated and some surprising gains, one district official said. “We ...

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02 Feb
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Axios: Washington may lower mandatory school age from 8 to 6

Washington is the only state in the nation that doesn’t require kids to go to school until age 8 — but that could change this year. What’s happening: A bill in Washington’s Legislature would lower the state’s compulsory age for school attendance ...

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30 Jan
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Kitsap Sun:Lawmakers eye reforms to address special education students sent out of state

Alarmed at the number of special education students shipped away from Washington, state lawmakers and education officials hope to use this legislative session to increase oversight of kids sent out of state, prohibit or limit the use of isolation and restraint, ...

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17 Jan
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Seattle Times: Special education spending, oversight top priorities for WA lawmakers

This year, Washington state lawmakers are making big promises to fund and improve the education services that help roughly 158,449 disabled kids around the state. If the promise sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Lawmakers worked on this issue the ...

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20 Jan
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Spokesman-Review: Washington is only state that doesn’t require kids to be in school until they turn 8 – a bill under consideration would change that

The Legislature will consider a bill this year that would lower the compulsory school age for children from 8 to 5. Under current state law, parents must send their children to school – whether it be public, private or home-based ...

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18 Jan
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Seattle Times: Catch up with rest of U.S. and require schooling at age 5

Washington’s last-in-the-nation minimum age for compulsory education is antithetical to the state’s values of educating its youngest residents. Lowering the age of compulsory education to age 5 — from age 8 — should be a no-brainer. Most states require school enrollment by ...

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30 Nov
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The Seattle Times: Give every student access to computer-science education

Despite Washington’s status as a technology hub, more than 40% of the state’s public K-12 school districts didn’t offer a single class in computer science, according to recent data. That’s abysmal. Not every young Washingtonian will want to grow up ...

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09 Mar
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U.S. News: Education, Energy and Economy Lead Washington to Top Spot in Best States Ranking

The Evergreen State takes the top spot again in the U.S. News Best States ranking on the strength of its tech sector and other industries. SEATTLE—BUOYED BY ITS rapidly expanding economy, Washington state is on a winning streak. For the ...

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07 Feb
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King 5: Washington lawmakers push to vaccinate school employees more quickly

Even as teachers in neighboring Idaho and Oregon are being vaccinated, in Washington most educators currently will have to wait weeks or even months before they’ll become eligible. At the moment, only seniors and healthcare workers qualify to get the ...

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26 Jan
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The Stranger: Duwamish Excluded from Bill Requiring WA Schools to Teach Tribal History

If you’ve been in Seattle for any length of time recently, you’ve probably seen a land acknowledgement on a building, at an event, or in artwork created here: “We are on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, ...

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