The goals are great, as are the resources. But the new focus risks perpetuating some problems with testing and misses a chance to do more with poor kids in early grades.
Don't just tweak the tests, advises this former Seattle School Board member. The new state schools chief should shift dramatically to a more content-based tests.
In light of PSE's acquisition by an overseas holding company, residents of Skagit and Jefferson counties and Whidbey Island will decide next week whether to form their own public utility districts.
