The Advocate
The Advocate is updated in the first week of every other month September through May, containing articles relating to private school issues, representation, and local-to-national news relevant to independent schools.
DeVos Demands Public Schools Share Pandemic Aid With Private Institutions
“The CARES Act is a special, pandemic-related appropriation to benefit all American students, teachers and families, …There is nothing in the act suggesting Congress intended to discriminate between children based on public or nonpublic school attendance, … The virus affects everyone.”
9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen
While remote learning continues, summer is a question mark, and attention is already starting to turn to next fall.
Are faith-based organizations eligible to receive SBA loans under the PPP and EIDL programs?
The short answer is YES.
An Open Letter to Independent School Leaders
“convene your educators…to rethink your educational offerings…to have a solid education plan providing value to students if they will be spending a significant fraction of the 2020-21 academic year learning at home.”
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The Greater Good. “What are private schools doing, or can do in the weeks and months ahead, to support the greater community during this time of crisis?”
Congress Passes COVID-19 Legislation Affecting Private Schools
The following are CAPE highlights of what Congress has passed in recent days, by no means an exhaustive list, includes areas of interest to private schools.
CARES Act: emergency COVID-19 relief package and critical aid to WA state
The CARES Act is aimed at reducing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by authorizing $2.1 trillion in aid to support various sectors of the economy. It is huge and therefore will take expert examination in the coming weeks to interpret the fine print details. For now, here are a few key things included that directly relate to our State:
SAT Future Testing Opportunities
There is a lot of anxiety about how the Covid-19 crisis will affect the college application process. The College Board has conveyed the following:
Urgent: Senate CARES Act relevant to private schools
WFIS Educators and Families - your advocacy effort is needed at this time! The big “Phase 3” Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) is at a critical stage of consideration in Congress right now. Currently there is a provision allowing for...
Inslee asks schools to provide community support during social distancing
Gov. Inslee has banned gatherings & events of more than 250 amid coronavirus outbreak, while calling upon schools to remain as community support for student social services and prepare for possible closure in coming days.
The Child Care Crisis Causes Job Disruptions for More Than 2 Million Parents Each Year
By Cristina Novoa and Steven Jessen-Howard Posted on February 18, 2020 At a time when more than two-thirds of young children have all available parents in the workforce, child care is a necessity for most families across the country. Yet new data show that the...