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Washington Teachers: the triumph of Ruth Bennett

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Saturday, December 20, 2008. The triumph of Ruth Bennett. She was the Libertarian who ran against Gregoire and Rossi back in 2004. She earned far more votes than the margin of victory, and probably ultimately swung the election for Gregoire, but disappeared off the political radar after that. Turns out she had been here all along. Both facilities are under-used by departments that have too little demand to justify the operations.

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Washington Teachers: the budget crisis gets personal

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Tuesday, January 6, 2009. The budget crisis gets personal. Turns out it was even iffier than we thought. Yesterday she was given her walking papers, since her position has been eliminated as of January 16th. She's over the initial shock, frustrated by having to look for new employment, more irritated than anything, as is her soon-to-be-slammed supervisor. Posted by Jim Anderson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jim Anderson, 5/17.

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Washington Teachers: Science Instructional Materials Recommendations

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Saturday, June 27, 2009. Science Instructional Materials Recommendations. One of the outcomes of Washington Learns and the 2007 Legislative session was the mandate for OSPI to recommend no more than three sets of core instructional materials for math and science for elementary, middle, and high school. The math recommendations (released in January 2009) are still undergoing various slings and arrows. It is now science's turn. Recomm...

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Washington Teachers: And Then There Were None

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Sunday, September 20, 2009. And Then There Were None. Two interesting pieces of related information that I've stumbled across in recent weeks: the high school football teams in both Republic. Had to give up 11-man football because of a lack of players. In some cases, that might mean pinching our rural towns as well. December 7, 2009 at 7:21 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Recently on Washington Teachers. Jim Anderson, 5/17.

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Washington Teachers: EWU Prof Published in Chronicle of Higher Ed

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. EWU Prof Published in Chronicle of Higher Ed. Rachel Toor, an assistant professor in the creative writing department at EWU, had a long commentary. Printed in the January 9th issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Good on her- it's always nice to see our in-state professors getting some well deserved attention! January 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jim Anderson, 5/17.

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Washington Teachers: Hot Dog!

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Saturday, February 14, 2009. The recently-signed stimulus package could be used to backfill in the cuts that Governor Gregoire proposed to levy equalization and class size reduction funding. If that's even close to being the case it's a big, big sigh of relief for school districts around the state. More from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities here. The next big thing to watch will be the early budget forecast. The Doc Is In.

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Washington Teachers: Your Just Reward

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Sunday, April 19, 2009. If you're in the Seattle area this spring and in need of some entertainment, the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Is offering educators a deal on Sunday in the Park with George. You can get up to four tickets for only $20 each (use the keyword "Impression" to get the discounted price). For more information, contact Erin Vargo at the 5th Ave: 206.6251418 x214; evargo@5thavenue.org. See you there! Jim Anderson, 5/17.

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Washington Teachers: Blech

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Friday, March 27, 2009. The governor's budget called for about a $500,000,000 cut to education, including slashing levy equalization and I-728 for class size reduction. Then the budget deficit got bigger, and we heard that the cut to schools could be about an even billion. Last week at a union meeting I was at the number being bandied around was "between 1 and 2 billion dollars.". Today, this shows up in my email, from the WEA:.

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Washington Teachers: Western Washington U Drops Football

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Independent and incisive commentary by educators in the Evergreen State. Thursday, January 8, 2009. Western Washington U Drops Football. Western Washington has dropped its football program because of budget concerns, the school said in a press release issued today. Football began at Western in 1903. The only stoppages in the program were during World Wars – from 1917 through 1920, and from 1943 through 1945. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Recently on Washington Teachers. Jim Anderson, 5/17. This Wee...