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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: 2 weeks 4 days ago Article Creating a College-Going Culture Added: 9 weeks 4 days ago Article Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Added: 14 weeks 2 days ago Article Senate Hearing to Delay Reading as a Requirement for the K-12 Diploma to be Held on Monday Added: 16 weeks 2 days ago Article The Tough Get Going: Seattle U and Renton Partner to Increase Math Teacher Capacity Added: 21 weeks 5 days ago Article Find More Resources >>	Principals Hats off to Kaaren Andrews at Madrona! By maureen on 13 Mar \| 0 comments Weren’t we just talking about the power of good principals? Looks like Seattle can now claim another one of its own: Principal Kaaren Andrews of Madrona K-8 has been awarded the Andrews Thomas B. Foster Award for Excellence for outstanding leadership. Read more... Topics: Achievement Gap \| In The Classroom \| Principals \| Change comes in unexpected packages By maureen on 07 Mar \| 0 comments I’m always a sucker for an “against the odds” story—movies like Shine, The History Boys, and Good Will Hunting get me every time—and I guess it means I’m in the right business, because against the odds stories happen all the time in education. But for some reason, a recent New York Times story about a Hasidic Jewish principal who turned around a violent school in the South Bronx really got me. Read more... Topics: Principals \| Poverty \| Achievement Gap \| Kinsley to direct leadership academy By melissa on 02 Nov \| 0 comments I've worked with Dale Kinsley for about 8 years and have always thought he was one of the best superintendents in WA state. That's why I'm so thrilled that he's been selected as the director of the new Washington State Leadership Academy! Read more... Topics: Washington Learns \| Principals \| OSPI \| Wahluke High School Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments Wahluke High School, in Eastern Washington’s Grant County, posted 2005 WASL scores that doubled what 10th-graders earned last year. Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Minority Students \| Principals \| Washington \| Achievement Gap \| WASL \| Granger High School Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments "Sí, se puede." Yes, it can be done. Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Minority Students \| Principals \| Washington \| Achievement Gap \| Graduation Rates \| Pilot Programs \| Colleges \| Community Colleges \| Universities \| Rural Schools \| Lean on Me By allisonm on 21 Aug \| 0 comments It seems only in movies like 'Lean on Me' (yes, I am a movie junkie!) do people speak openly about race and education. Read more... Topics: Students \| Minority Students \| National Debates \| Parents \| Poverty \| Principals \| Teachers \| Washington \| GLAD Helps Spanish-Speaking Elementary School Rise to the Top By barbara on 16 May \| 0 comments Felipe Guzman wandered around this 4th grade class, gently guiding his students through a sentence contruction lesson in generalizations. In Spanish. And about the Spanish language. Read more... Topics: Students \| Minority Students \| Parents \| Poverty \| Principals \| Teachers \| Washington \| Standardized Tests \| Graduation Rates \| Fun In The Classroom \| Math \| Reading \| No Child Left Behind \| Writing \| In The Classroom \| Dropout Rates \| Rural Schools \| WA-PIRC Tries to Reach Rural Families with Info, Technology By barbara on 15 May \| 0 comments Read more... Topics: Students \| Minority Students \| Parents \| Principals \| Washington \| Early Education \| Pilot Programs \| Rural Schools \| Parent Outreach, High Achievement Blend in Pasco By barbara on 15 May \| 0 comments Read more... Topics: Students \| Minority Students \| Parents \| Poverty \| Principals \| Teachers \| Washington \| Graduation Rates \| Pilot Programs \| Fun In The Classroom \| WASL \| Reading \| Writing \| PTSA \| In The Classroom \| Rural Schools \| Principal Blogs Catch National Attention By barbara on 02 May \| 4 comments Should principals blog or not? Or teachers for that matter? Read more... Topics: Principals \| Washington \| In The Classroom \| 12 3next ›last »	Recent News Schools try to close an achievement gap with single-sex classes Posted on 09 May Boston Globe View this article >> Seattle Public Schools drops controversial office Posted on 09 May Seattle Post-Intelligencer View this article >> Sad failure of teachers and their union chiefs Posted on 08 May Seattle Times View this article >> Find More News >> Tag Cloud Achievement Gap College & Work Readiness Graduation Rates Legislature Math Math Curriculum Science Standardized Tests Students Teachers Washington WASL more tags What is a Tag Cloud?