WASHINGTON STATE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
Yesterday afternoon, the state House of Representatives unanimously approved Rep. Brady Walkinshaw’s (D-Seattle) legislation to grant community colleges the ability to award honorary baccalaureate degrees. The bill was Walkinshaw’s first…
Like many other schools around the country, Washington’s colleges and universities are working to cut student-driving to, from, and around campus. Innovative transportation programs advanced in many Washington higher-education institutions…
The US imprisons over 2.4 million people. According to a Pew study published in 2011, between 1973 and 2009, the nation’s prison population grew by 705%. We now imprison more…
Although K-12 education gets most of the media attention, our state’s higher education and early learning systems are also vitally important to the success of our kids — and, ultimately,…
“I’m happy the Senate has promised to allow a vote on the Dream Act. Education is a stepping stone towards achieving the American Dream. “Passing the Dream Act is the…