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White House hosts Religious Liberty Day defending First Amendment rights of every student, teacher

White House hosts Religious Liberty Day defending First Amendment rights of every student, teacher

by WFIS | Jan 17, 2020 | Education News, School Choice, The Advocate, WFIS News

DeVos Announces Proposed Rule Regarding Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Education Institutions; Provides Updated School Prayer Guidance On January 16th,  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will be taking actions to...

What Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not Money)

by WFIS | Jan 13, 2020 | Education News, Student Safety, The Advocate

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are increasingly ubiquitous in K-12 educationBy Alyson Klein for EdWeek.comIt’s hard to miss the impact of Big Tech on classrooms today.Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft pour millions into K-12 through philanthropies. Microsoft...

Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits

by WFIS | Jan 10, 2020 | Education News, environmental and sustainability education, Student Safety, The Advocate

$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.By Matthew Yglesias Vox.comAn emergency situation that turned out to be mostly a false alarm led a lot of schools in Los Angeles to install air filters, and something strange happened:...

Five K-12 trends to watch in 2020

by WFIS | Jan 8, 2020 | Education News, ESSA Implementation, The Advocate

from Jan 6, 2020 Education Dive The past year saw continued investment by states and districts in the additional decision-making freedom allowed under the Every Student Succeeds Act, particularly when it comes to requirements on providing a “well-rounded”...
Mastery-based Learning in WA State? SBE work group reports on initial examination.

Mastery-based Learning in WA State? SBE work group reports on initial examination.

by WFIS | Dec 20, 2019 | Education News, State Board of Education

SBE has convened a mastery-based (also known as competency-based) learning work group. The group, established in law, identifies barriers to mastery-based learning and explores ways to increase student access to relevant and robust academic pathways that are aligned...

Whatcom County is a child care desert, and it’s a problem all over Washington state

by WFIS | Dec 20, 2019 | DCYF, Education News, Legislation and Policy

BY JANELLE RETKA AND KIE RELYEA YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC   Statewide, licensed child care centers only have the capacity to serve 17% of children under the age of 13, according to research from a task force looking at child care issues. An ongoing effort by the...
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