Washington Blog

Interested in learning more about public charter schools in Washington? Then you'll definitely want to check out the First Annual WA Charters Conference on May 8 - 9, 2014.

Here's the run-down:

We are at a critical time for public education in Washington.  With the recent passage of Initiative 1240 and the subsequent approval of eight schools, we must come together to support the development of high quality public charter school sector for students in our state.

We did it! I just watched Governor Inslee sign the College and Career Ready Diploma into law—something Washington parents have been fighting for since 2006.

The new diploma better prepares Washington graduates for life after high school with extra credits in art, science, world language or career and technical education.

This is an exciting victory for Washington students—and for Stand for Children supporters who have been advocating for a new diploma for 8 years.

From March 25 through June 6, 2014, select school districts in Washington will be piloting new tests that are a better measure of student learning in math, reading and writing.

Common Core

Since Washington adopted the Common Core learning standards in 2011, our state along with 23 other states, which are part of the Smarter Balanced consortium, developed new Common Core-aligned tests to help measure students' knowledge, understanding and skills.

It’s a miracle. In 60 days, we finished the 2014 legislative session on time and with some incredible wins for kids.

Since we had such a short session, we focused on two important legislative priorities for 2014: green lighting the College and Career Ready Diploma and protecting nearly $44 million dollars in flexible federal funds for local schools.

Before we give you a rundown of what happened this session, we want to thank all of our members, partners and allies for all of their hard work and support.