Greetings
folks!
The E-Wire is in the Pritchard
Library pounding out a few choice words to describe today’s events. We’re
eyeing the frazzled lobbyist who is Nick Federici sitting at the table next to
us. Nick is the passionate lead behind the “Breakfast Before The Bell”
legislation which had its hearing today in the State House – Senate Hearing on
Wednesday. According to Nick, the hearing today went very well and we had
great testimony from United Way of King and Snohomish Counties and “Within
Reach” which is a health advocacy organization run by Alison White, widow of
the late Senator Scott White of Seattle. The bill has been amended to
address some concerns by stakeholders. The amendments push out
implementation by a year, creates a pilot program in elementary schools to
start, and insures that meals are provided are in line with federal nutritional
requirements.
Tomorrow morning, the Washington
State PTA will be flooding the corridors of the Capitol for its annual “Focus
Day.” The staff back at the office are busy putting out fires and
preparing for the grand event tomorrow. For more information, scroll down
the blog and find the latest updates!
Onto the Wire!!!!
Top Story today – no longer a
Dream – The Dream Act moves forward in both the House and the Senate. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140201/NEWS01/140209946/Senate-OKs-aid-for-undocumented-immigrant-students
- and the Herald reminds us that it took some acts of courage from a certain
Republican to make that happen - http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140202/OPINION01/140209922/
- Hats off to Senator Bailey
Jeff Morris’s digital privacy
bill moves forward – trying to give citizens an “erase” button - http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/242984821.html
Representative Derek Kilmer
encourages students in STEM Competition - http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/kilmer-announces-app-competition-harbor-high-school-students
Telling us what PTA members
already know – Parental Engagement is Expensive
The ParentMap.Com has a how-to
program on how to develop universal pre-school
http://www.parentmap.com/article/idea-lab-how-to-build-a-large-scale-universal-preschool-program
and looks at the ups and downs of early learning since the middle of the last
decade - http://blog.centerforpubliceducation.org/2014/02/03/early-education-ups-and-downs-since-the-great-recession/
- but a reminder, even for Expanded Kindergarten, there is a huge Capital Cost
- http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140203/OPINION02/140209808/Rooms-needed-for-kindergarten
The Landmark Vergara Vs. LA
Unified moves through the courts
Public Boarding School for the
Arts in South Carolina
Exploring The Persistence of
Generational Poverty
Still talking T/PEP - http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/02/03/3454383/lawmakers-consider-evaluating.html
- and the Waivers keep coming… but not here - http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/01/education_department_doles_out.html
The Farm Bill comes together –
and why nobody seems to like it
Kevin Van De Wege’s Toxic’s Bill
gains bipartisan support
And finally, a new model in
Higher Education just east of Vancouver, BC is raising eyebrows
Here is the link to the college
- http://www.questu.ca/
See you tomorrow for Focus
Day!!!!
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