Peter Callaghan: Education bill’s unheralded details will need attention | Peter Callaghan | The News Tribune. Peter does a good job here exposing some of the hard work remaining in…
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The end of the 2014 legislative session
Dear friends and neighbors, What a tragic start to the morning! As we all watch the news unfold on the Seattle Center helicopter crash, my thoughts and prayers are with…
Lawmakers pass 24-credit HS diploma; NCLB waiver bill dies
Lawmakers pass 24-credit HS diploma; NCLB waiver bill dies. The first in a series of notes on this year’s session. I can no longer write a summary of what happens…
Agreement in the works on teacher evaluations
I am pleased to hear Governor Inslee is working with leaders from the House and Senate on a solution to the teacher evaluation issue. Leaders in both parties are working…
Education, child care, mental illness main focus of House budget
House Democrats unveiled their 2014 supplemental budget proposal and education investment package on Wednesday. The proposal includes: $60 million in additional funds for basic education $10.4 million to improve community…