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Education
12:10 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

Are Republicans Washington's Mavericks In Education Reform?

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Education mural at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle campus.
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Former gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna supported charter schools, and some are arguing that his grand old party is leading the way on education reform while democrats in Olympia simply tout old policy. Ross Reynolds talks with Tacoma News Tribune columnist Peter Callaghan.

Education Reform
9:04 am
Mon January 28, 2013

Reform Vs. Funding: Battle Shaping Up In Washington Legislature

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Originally published on Mon January 28, 2013 12:32 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. – One of the key battles shaping up in Olympia this year is over education reform. The Senate’s new majority coalition is proposing a series of measures aimed at getting better results in the classroom. Among the ideas: a state takeover of failing schools. Meanwhile, a key Senate Democrat says the focus should be on school funding – and proposes a new capital gains tax.

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Test Boycott
7:45 am
Thu January 24, 2013

District Threatens Suspensions, Seattle Teachers Continue Test Boycott

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Orca K-8 teacher Matt Carter addresses the anti-MAP test rally outside Seattle School District headquarters on Jan. 23, 2012.
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Teachers, parents and students called for Seattle Public Schools to "scrap the MAP" at a rally outside district headquarters on Jan. 23, 2012.
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Seattle Public Schools Superintendent José Banda held a news conference about the MAP controversy on Jan. 23, 2012.
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The Seattle School District warned teachers Wednesday they face a 10 day suspension without pay if they refuse to give students the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. The announcement came nearly two weeks after the teaching staff at Garfield High School announced they were refusing to give students the district-wide MAP test.

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Education Reform
5:39 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Nonprofit Brings Support – And Pressure – To Seattle Schools

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Alliance for Education President and CEO Sara Morris presents a symbolic check to Nathan Hale High School Principal Jill Hudson with Alliance board member Judy Runstad on March 1, 2012.
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Clarification: This story has been changed to clarify School Board President Kay Smith-Blum’s thoughts on educational delivery models, including one advocated by the charter school company Rocketship Education.

In 1991, a small group of local CEOs sat down with Seattle Public Schools officials to ask how the CEOs could help the struggling district. "At that time Seattle Public Schools weren’t even wired – I mean, wired for telephones, in some cases. It was really sort of a Dark Ages problem," said Sue Tupper, the first executive director of the Seattle Alliance for Education.

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Standardized Testing
9:09 am
Tue January 15, 2013

Orca K-8 Teachers Join MAP Test Boycott

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Teachers at Orca K-8 school in Seattle say they will boycott the same standardized test that Garfield High School teachers came out against last week.

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