Weekly Update | November 1

News Partner Highlights High School and Beyond (CORElaborate) Career Connected Learning & Graduation Pathways (Northwest ESD 189) All Hands on Deck for Student Success in College and Careers (CORElaborate) Knowing Your Students Helps Create an Equitable Classroom (Stories from School) Broad View Why it is crucial to make cultural diversity visible in STEM education (STEM Teaching Tools) How One State Is Trying To Reinvent Its Schools (WBGH, North Dakota Spotlight) 'English-Only' Laws in Education on Verge of Extinction (Ed Week) Sustaining Collaborative Systems of Support and Opportunity for Children (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough (Teaching Tolerance) It's A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One (NPR Education) Around Washington Performance gap among Washington students widens on national test as gifted education faces scrutiny (Seattle Times) Keep accountability high in handing out diplomas (Seattle Times) Washington's Fawn Sharp elected president of National Congress of American Indians (KUOW) Program gives Spokane schools resources to help students rise above adversity (Spokesman-Review) Why people should start believing in students at low-income schools like mine (Seattle Times) Sumner-Bonney Lake paraeducators vote to end strike, approve new contract with raises (Tacoma News Tribune) Your child has a disability and needs special education help. What should you do? (Bellingham Herald) New crisis intervention program teaches Spokane teachers to de-escalate tense student situations (Spokesman-Review) Tacoma elementary teacher recognized by White House says science is crucial subject (Tacoma News Tribune) Wenatchee school principal receives recognition in D.C. (NCWLife) Performance gap among Washington students widens on national test as gifted education faces scrutiny (Seattle Times)

Board Meeting in Bremerton Next Week We're preparing for the next Board Meeting taking place in Bremerton on November 6 and 7. You can access many of the Board's documents and see what's on the agenda on the SBE meetings page . Join us on November 5 before the Board Meeting from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for a Community Forum on new graduation pathway options! Register online Share the invite on Twitter or Facebook Download the 8.5X11 PDF poster

SBE Welcomes New Members SBE welcomes Mary Fertakis, M.Ed., and Jan Brown to the Board following this past fall’s election. Fertakis will represent Western Washington (region 3), and Brown will be the Board’s new Private Schools representative. MJ Bolt (SBE Vice Chair) ran uncontested and will continue to represent Eastern Washington (region 1). Find out what Board Chair, Peter Maier, had to say about our new Members in the latest SBE blog post .

We're Hiring: Director of Advocacy & Engagement The Director of Advocacy and Engagement will engage with a broad range of stakeholders including students and families, partner agencies and organizations, and will have primary responsibility for managing the overall government relations program under the direction of the Executive Director and in consultation with the Board. Learn more about this position: Director of Advocacy and Engagement . This posting closes on November 3.

In Case You Missed It: Issaquah Video Highlights High School and Beyond, 24 Credit Requirements The High School and Beyond Plan has been a topic of discussion for a few years now, but not a lot of people know how to make it meaningful for them or that completing it is a graduation requirement! Learn more from some talented student/actors and educators at Issaquah School District.

What Do You Think? Let us know how and what kind of information you'd like to receive and we'll create the best outreach strategy to get you the news you need from the Washington State Board of Education! Tell us what you think!

Have an idea to include? Send your ideas or comments to sbe@k12.wa.us .

Washington State Board of Education sbe.wa.gov

‌ ‌ ‌ ‌