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RSS Feeds Get the latest information through RSS Feeds. Blog Articles News College & Work Readiness What is RSS? Most Recent Resources April Update Added: 3 weeks 10 hours ago Article Creating a College-Going Culture Added: 10 weeks 7 hours ago Article Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Added: 14 weeks 5 days ago Article Senate Hearing to Delay Reading as a Requirement for the K-12 Diploma to be Held on Monday Added: 16 weeks 5 days ago Article The Tough Get Going: Seattle U and Renton Partner to Increase Math Teacher Capacity Added: 22 weeks 1 day ago Article Find More Resources >>	Teachers rejected grant = sadness all around By allisonm on 13 May \| 0 comments Looks like we're not the only ones sad about WA losing the National Math and Science Initiative grant. Check out these editorials in the Vancouver Columbian and the Walla Walla Union Bulletin for more. Read more... Topics: K-12 Education Reform \| Math \| Science \| Teachers \| Reframing Teacher Recruitment and Retention By maureen on 08 Apr \| 0 comments From a thought-provoking Ed Week article today debunking teacher recruitment and retention assumptions for the millenial generation: "For too long the concept of retention has been framed around the fallacy that retention means forever...The goal of retention efforts should not be creating a 'lifetime' teacher. That does not fit this generation, nor will it yield the type of teacher students need, if they are to compete in a knowledge economy." Read more... Topics: Teacher Retention \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Molly Berger: The Hard Part of Staying the Course By maureen on 02 Apr \| 0 comments Another student withdrew from my class and from school today. At least this time he was transferring to a state accredited online school. That is not always the case. I have had students transfer to questionable online schools where they only need 17 credits, $500, no WASL, and no senior project to get (buy) a diploma. I have had capable students opt for a GED and others just plain quit. We have Running Start students opting to earn an AA degree with no high school diploma. A colleague in school across the region had a student boldly state, “I am not taking another math class, and I am not taking the math WASL again. What are my options?” Read more... Topics: Dropout Rates \| Graduation Rates \| Teachers \| The Middle School Years By kathleen on 31 Mar \| 1 comment Ah, middle school. .. two words that immediately evoke memories of acne, turbulent friendships and first crushes. A place where delicate emotions and hormones are the law of the land. As a middle school student, I was too busy juggling the ever-changing social dynamics taking place to make my academic success a true priority. Read more... Topics: Dropout Rates \| Students \| Teachers \| Pamelia Valentine: Late Start Reading Strategies By maureen on 19 Mar \| 0 comments Ahh, I enjoy the pure decadence of a long, slow, luxurious bath. I take a literary stroll through some of my favorite authors and experience the barely-contained electricity that surges into my soul through my latest artist magazine—this time an article about one of my favorite artist families, the dynasty of the Wyeths. No, I didn’t rise early in order to hoard this secret time. It’s just another late start. I’ve lost track of how many late starts we’ve had in this brutal little winter, but it’s been plenty. Late starts don’t make a big difference to my day because I’m up at 5:15 a.m. anyway. By the time the district calls a late start, I’ve already started my day. So now I have extra time and an opportunity to spend it as I choose. Usually, I choose to read. Read more... Topics: Reading \| Teachers \| Congrats to these tech-y teachers! By allisonm on 03 Mar \| 0 comments Technology, techonology, techonology. Everywhere you turn it's moving and changing so fast that sometimes I can barely keep up. Lucky for many students in Washington though, there are teachers out there who have no problem riding the tech wave and making a splash in the classroom. Read more... Topics: Technology \| Teachers \| Students \| Learning by Going Posted on 22 Feb Washington Post View this article >> Topics: Students \| Teachers \| How Do We Make (and Pay) Better Teachers? By maureen on 19 Feb \| 0 comments That’s the question this week’s TIME cover story asks, while doing a fabulous job covering the often-thorny subject of teacher pay and performance. Providing balance on this issue is difficult for journalists because while most folks would love to see their best, most unforgettable teachers paid more than the average lot, our nation simply hasn’t devised a sure-fire method for measuring teacher performance—or a pay system that supports it. Read more... Topics: K-12 Education Reform \| Teacher Retention \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Molly Berger: Conversations Make the Conference By maureen on 06 Feb \| 0 comments I’ve just returned from OSPI’s January Conference, Meeting Diploma Challenges, in Spokane where, despite challenging travel, thousands of teachers gathered. As I walked through the convention center inadvertently picking up on snipits of conversations, I couldn’t help note that, despite the piles of snow just outside the doors and the forecasts of more of the same, the talk was teaching and learning, not weather. Read more... Topics: OSPI \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| A tale of quiet teachers By allisonm on 01 Feb \| 0 comments When I disagree with something, I usually speak up. Especially when it's something that's important to me -- my family, beliefs, friends and oh yes, my job. That's why I'm confused by this article from the Seattle Times. It's about a progress report for the Seattle Public Schools conducted by McKinsey & Company. "A tale of two districts" the article calls it -- one economically divided, north and south, that correlates to academic performance. Read more... 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