Weekly Update | February 10

Legislative Session Highlights (February so far) So far this month, Legislative committees worked to pass bills out of their original house policy committee by the cutoff deadline. Now, attention turns to fiscal committees, with fiscal cutoff deadline Tuesday, February 11. Read more about the bills SBE has signed in support of, and bills for which members have testified, on the SBE blog .

Partner Highlights Closing the Opportunity Gap in Washington's Public Education System (Report from the EOGOAC) "Ready for the Future" Personalized Learning at Manson High School (Ready Washington) Meditations on Social Emotional Learning (Stories from School) Broad View Five Ways to Avoid Whitewashing the Civil Rights Movement (Teaching Tolerance) Storytime, Meet Number Play: Early Math in the Home Matters for Later Skills (Ed Week) High School Starts At 3 p.m. For These Michigan Students (NPR) Around Washington Charter schools are public schools and deserve more equitable funding (Seattle Times Editorial Board) Small Steps that Add Up: Geelong Project, student youth homeless prevention (Seattle Times Education Lab) Yakima Valley school counselors are in high demand. And they face an expanding workload. (Yakima Herald) One in five students in Spokane are 'chronically absent.' Can schools change that? (Inlander) Why are Washington’s school counselors monitoring recess? (Seattle Times Education Lab)

High School and Beyond Plan Resources Learn more about how educators can support students in the High School and Beyond Plan process on Ready Washington's website: readywa.org/HSBPSupportStudents/ . Beyond the requirements, you can find college knowledge materials, student testimonials (like the ones featured in the video below), links to a technical college finder and more!

Save the Date: Forum on School and Student Support Join the State Board of Education Members and staff to talk about social emotional learning, and academic school supports in Washington K-12 education. When: March 10, 6-8 p.m. Where: Tacoma Public Schools Professional Development Center, 6501 N. 23rd St., Tacoma, WA 98406 Facebook event Twitter post Event registration

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