Washington Blog

Carrying hand-made signs and wearing bright blue shirts, sixteen of our parent members and leaders arrived to the Tacoma School Board meeting on Thursday, June 26.

They were there in support of fully funding Academic Acceleration and expanding access to Pre-Kindergarten for students in Tacoma. 

Washington's first public charter school will open this fall in Seattle, while 7 more will open the following school year.

But before a charter school can ever open its doors, it first has to go through an intensive application process.

And there is certainly no guarantee of approval.

The Seattle City Council is considering an ambitious plan to make our city one of the few in the nation to offer universal pre-kindergarten.

Research confirms what many parents already know: pre-k is one of the best investments a community can make in its future. Yet as many as 1 in 3 Seattle three and four-year-olds come from families who don't have the financial means to pay for it.

That's why we're asking you to show your support for universal pre-k at the public hearing this week. Here are the details:

Last week, I attended the first annual Washington State Charter Schools Association Conference along with 370 educators, parents, community leaders, policy-makers and advocates to discuss how to create high-quality public charter schools in our state.

Notably, this was the first time that public charter school champions gathered together since the historic passage of Initiative 1240, which made possible the creation of public charter schools in Washington.