Education
WPC's Center for Education conducts objective research and makes practical policy recommendations to improve Washington State's ability to carry out its paramount duty to educate every child within its borders.
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WPC's Education Reform Plan: Eight Practical Ways to Improve Schools
July 27, 2012 in Publications
By
Liv Finne, Director, Center for Education
, July, 2012
Public education is in decline. Nearly one-third of Washington public school students fail to graduate, and another third graduate without the knowledge and skills necessary for college or the workplace. Over half (52%) of public school students entering community or technical colleges must take remedial courses in math, English or reading to catch up. 84% of employers say public schools are not doing a good job of preparing students to succeed in the workplace.
Columbia Basin schools struggle on State Achievement Index
May 9, 2013 in Press releases
May 14, 2013
North King and south Snohomish schools show mixed results on state Achievement Index
May 1, 2013 in Press releases
May 1, 2013
Every public school principal is painfully familiar with being forced to send children to a classroom where she knows the teacher there is not the best fit, but the teacher's placement has been forced on the school by higher-ups at the central district. In an effort to improve classroom instruction, bad teachers are often shuffled from one school to another, an administrative tactic known among principals as "The Dance of the Lemons."