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.
The WIAA’s Re-classification Proposal
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association classification proposal to be voted on in January was developed to help promote equity for public schools that work with families from diverse socio-economic communities. The financial imbalance that...
read moreAre Washington Charter Public Schools Serving Students with Disabilities?
Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of WA at Bothell researchers Sivan Tuchman, Christine Campbell, and Georgia Heyward answer common questions about special education in charter schools, citing local and national data. Charter schools are public...
read moreTrump Signs the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Donald Trump Signs First Major Education Policy Bill of His Presidency By Andrew Ujifusa for Education Week In a watershed moment for his administration on education policy, President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education...
read moreWhat’s school without grade levels?
One district’s drive to teach competencies means eliminating age-based classrooms. by CHRIS BERDIK for the Hechinger Report, July 30, 2018 On windswept fields outside Fargo, North Dakota, a bold experiment in education has begun. In a lone building flanked by...
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Ask Nancy August 2018: Radon in Schools
For August, the Department of Health asked for schools to learn about radon. Radon is the single largest source of radiation for almost everyone in Washington. Here are some questions and answers to help you get started. Question: What is radon? How...
read moreCAPE Summer Institute
The Council for American Private Education hosted its summer conference in Detroit, July 15-17, 2018 The Executive Directors of each state’s private school advocacy organization met in Detroit this summer for two-days of exploring new educational trends,...
read moreI-1639 Firearms Initiative collects signatures needed to make it to the November ballot
I-1639 Washington Background Checks, Waiting Periods, Age Requirements and Storage Requirements for Firearms Initiative from post by Marjie High for the Morning Wire Initiative 1639 is the initiative response to SB 6620 which passed out of the Senate Ways and Means...
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Private School Summer Conference – What do your teachers need?
The FREE Summer Conferences for private school staff held each year by OSPI at Gonzaga University and Seattle Pacific University are paid for through equitable TITLE II, Part A services provided by the federal government. Every private school teacher,...
read moreWFIS Advocacy for Preschools
The work continues throughout summer on advocacy for preschools and childcare centers. WFIS provides support for current Providers trying to stay in business, and emphasizes diversity in early learning programming to support the diversity of children and families in...
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ELAC report from June 5th Meeting
Early Learning Advisory Council meetings occur six times per year from 9am to 4pm at rotating locations around the state. Chelle Downey-Magee, Director of Issaquah Montessori School, is the WFIS representative on ELAC. The June 5th at Holiday Inn Yakima meeting was...
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WFIS to host Legal Seminar 2018 with Karr Tuttle Campbell in Oct 2018
WFIS is pleased to partner with Karr Tuttle Campbell, a full service law firm - founded by a former teacher and school administrator and has included members of the board and two former presidents of the Washington Council of School Attorneys, for this special...
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