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.
White House hosts Religious Liberty Day defending First Amendment rights of every student, teacher
“Too many misinterpret a “separation of church and state” as an invitation for government to separate people from their faith.”
read moreWhat Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not Money)
“For a lot of the big tech companies, it is a market, but it’s really an access to a relationship with a customer that has a much greater lifetime value for them than simply their time in elementary school or their time in the K-12 system.”
read moreInstalling air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits
$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...
read moreFive K-12 trends to watch in 2020
New approaches to assessment, concerns over security and privacy, and reimagining what defines classrooms and instruction are among factors that will drive education in the coming year.
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California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect Jan 1
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which goes into effect in January 2020, guarantees new data privacy rights for California's 40 million consumers, with kids under 16 winning extra protections.Common Sense Media has put out a complete...
read moreUS Dept of Ed releases new & improved ‘College Scorecard’
The U.S. Department of Education has rolled out the newly updated and expanded College Scorecard, a tool that provides students more information than ever before as they make decisions about the next steps in their lifelong learning journeys.They the...
read moreLegislators visit Northshore Christian Academy, recipient of National Blue Ribbon School Award
On Monday November 18th, Northshore Christian Academy, one of 5 WA school recipients of the 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards, welcomed 38th district Representative June Robinson and 38th district Representative Mike Sells for a school tour. WFIS...
read moreWA students have new options to earn a high-school diploma
Starting with the class of 2020, Washington students can choose from a list of new pathways to earn a high-school diploma.by Hannah Furfaro Seattle Times staff reporter It’s official: Starting this school year, Washington students no longer need to take a...
read moreDCYF Photo & Video Policy spawns fierce discussion
The Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) hosted a 'Joint Meeting' for the Licensed Center Advisory and Early Achievers Review committees on November 12th at the Seattle Sheraton. Dee Hirsch, Director of Discovery Montessori and Chelle...
read moreUpdated Title I Guidance Released
from CAPE Outlook November 2019 The US Department of Education has released updated non-regulatory guidance for Title I of ESEA, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as the Every Student Succeeds Act - ESSA). Of interest are at least two...
read moreEnrollment Reporting Issues Clarified
In an email sent to all Approved Private Schools in WA State on behalf of private.schools@k12.wa.us, schools were notified that enrollment reporting will occur in the spring when the application for re-approval is submitted. This follows a full month of...
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