Weekly Update | March 2

Legislative Session Highlights (March in the House) This past week has been jam packed with the release of budget proposals and the house policy cutoff. The big agenda item in the House Education committee was the Comprehensive Sexual Health Education bill (ESSB 5395). Learn more about the bills SBE has signed in support of and more important session deadlines on the latest SBE blog post .

Partner Highlights Equity in Education: A Systems View (Stories from School) CLASSROOM SNAPSHOT: 'Character is just the combination of your choices' (Ready Washington) Fall in Love with Teaching (Again) (CORElaborate) Core Plus Aerospace Infographic: manufacturing career, the military, and apprenticeship, or college (Core Plus Aerospace) Q&A with Kimberly Lawrence, Notable Woman in STEM (Washington STEM) OSPI Graduation Pathways Toolkit (PDF) (OSPI) Have opinions about graduation pathways? (Washington Education Association) Broad View Student Motivation: Making Students' Work Relevant (Education Week video series) Schools Are Embracing Mindfulness, But Practice Doesn't Always Make Perfect (NPR) Around Washington Eastern Washington Schools Make Meals Healthier (State of Childhood Obesity) About 1 in 5 Washington community-college students were homeless last year (Seattle Times) Marysville junior hopes to be first in family to college (Everett Herald) Why a proposal to require schools to test their drinking water for lead crumbled in Olympia (Seattle Times) Report gives mixed picture of school discipline at Spokane Public School (Spokesman) Richland High has a mascot for the first time, and it’s soaring into history (Tri-City Herald)

Graduation Pathway Options Feedback New graduation requirements have sparked important conversations since rules were adopted in November. SBE hosted it’s third forum on new graduation pathway options for students (required for the Class of 2020 and beyond) in Tumwater this past month. Find out more about what SBE learned in the Olympia-area on the SBE blog . If you are interested in giving your view on graduation pathway options, please take the online survey . It will be open until March 8.

Fact or Fiction: State Assessments and Graduation Have you seen the Association of Washington School Principals' Fact or Fiction series? Each quick video tackles policy issues in fast, digestible ways! Check out this one regarding state assessments and the new graduation requirements:

Forum on Student Emotional and Academic 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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