by WFIS | Oct 30, 2018 | Education News
from Politico’s Tuesday October 30th MorningEducation Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told her staff in an email Monday that the Education Department is moving forward with “several proposals” to restructure the agency that don’t “require...
by WFIS | Oct 29, 2018 | Ask Nancy, Education News, Student Safety, The Advocate, WFIS News
November begins the dark winter season in the Pacific NW and is also a time when expectations ramp up for students. Many schools are taking time to improve suicide prevention and student mental health support. So, for this month’s Ask Nancy, we look at...
by WFIS | Oct 29, 2018 | Interim Workgroups, WFIS News
On Friday October 26th, WFIS convened the Constituency Leader annual fall meeting. Directors from the different education and accrediting organizations met to get updated by WFIS and one another on the issues facing schools, exchange information, and grapple with...
by Event Manager | Oct 29, 2018 | Education News, Legislation and Policy, The Advocate, WFIS News
WFIS reached out to the school law team at Karr Tuttle Campbell firm to host the first Private School Legal Seminar for schools in WA state in almost 10 years. Schools from the various constituency groups, members and non-members of WFIS, gathered to listen, learn and...
by WFIS | Oct 24, 2018 | Education News, The Advocate
By Christina A. Samuels for EdWeek.org Some of the most popular curricula for preschools are those that take a “whole child” approach to learning—wrapping social-emotional learning, executive function skills, self-regulation goals, and cognition in one...