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Oct 25
10/25/2017 8:39 AM 
My-Linh Thai has been elected to serve as the next vicepresident for the board of the Washington State School Directors’ Association(WSSDA).
Director Thai is currently serving as vice president ofBellevue School District’s school board, of which she has been a member since2013. She has also been a member of WSSDA’s board since 2016 representing Director Area 2.
During her time as a school director, Thai has served onWSSDA’s legislative committee, participated in the National School Board Association’s Federal Relations Network, and represents WSSDA on OSPI’s Educator Workforce Development Workgroup.
“I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity,” said Thai. “WSSDAis the largest body of elected officials in the state. If we continue to connectcommunities and collaborate with decision makers, we will not only help the studentsof today, but also ensure a strong future for public education in Washingtonstate.”
Per WSSDA bylaws, a new vice president takes up theirposition upon the conclusion of WSSDA’s Annual Conference, which ends November19th this year. To learn moreabout the duties of the vice president, please see WSSDA’s operating policy 0250.
News Archives
April 2017
- 2016 WSSDA Annual Report
- Registration open for Governor’s Summit on Career Connected Learning
- OSPI: 280 schools win state’s highest honor
- OSPI: Partners in Education join forces against opioid epidemic
- FNTI: Encourage Native American students to become teachers
- Why wait? Sign up to receive Our Kids, Our Future Posts
- Register now for WSSDA/PSESD Equity Convening
February-March 2017
- OSPI: WA state graduation rates continue to rise
- WSSDA statement on passage of levy cliff bill, ESB 5023
- Nominate a superhero student by March 1! (More background)
- ESSA comments due to OSPI February 15
- SBE taking applications for vacant board position
January 2017
- Tweet your thanks during School Board Recognition Month (#sbrmwa)
- Governor’s proclamation on School Board Recognition Month
- Top 10 Our Kids, Our Future videos and articles of 2016
- School Board Recognition Month certificates now updated in MSWord
- Student performances from 2016 WSSDA AC (videos)
- Pasco, Riverview & Crescent named 2016 Boards of the Year
December 2016
- Photos from 2016 WSSDA Annual Conference
- OSPI: Dorn adopts computer science standards
- SBE: Kelso’s Patty Wood elected to State Board of Education
- Dorn, Inslee to adopt computer science standards
November 2016
- Thank you school directors! (video)
- Twenty-four honored as Boards of Distinction
- Review of state ESSA plan set during WSSDA Annual Conference
- School directors talk about WSSDA’s 2016 Annual Conference
- Photos from 2016 Fall Small Schools Tour
- WSSDA ed partners preview the 2017 Legislative Session
- Regional meeting photos from Auburn, La Crosse, and more!
- New WSSDA Direct features Assembly, local stories
- Maraldo selected as next president-elect, Flores as vice president!
October 2016
- Registration open for Nov. 10 Racial Equity Convening
- Dorn budget proposals for K-12 education
- Commissioner of public lands town hall video
- Town Hall video with candidates for state superintendent
- Voting for WSSDA officer candidates ends Friday
- Free OSPI Civil Rights Training for School Employees
- New financial education standards adopted
September 2016
- OSPI: Participation rates for AP, PSAT; remain steady for SAT
- UW P-3 program taking applications, free webinar
- It’s Ask a (WA) Teacher Week on Twitter!
- Apply now to be a Board of Distinction
- Free WSSDA/BoardDocs webinar Oct. 6
- UW P-3 program taking applications, free webinar
- WSSDA Officer Candidates named
- Looking for a deal on your school district purchases?
- PDK poll on what Americans think of public education
August 2016
June-July 2016
- Find summer meals in your community
- WSSDA’s Burke given Barbara Mertens Legacy Award
- Vancouver’s Hagley honored with Handy award
- Register for WSSDA Annual Conference
- Registration is now open for the 2016 Legislative Assembly!
- WSSDA Direct gives tips for bargaining season
- OSPI surveying on educator working conditions
- ESSA workgroups and National Education Issues webpage
- 2017 special election and resolution filing dates
- 2016 Legislative Session Summary (corrected)
- Plaintiffs answer in McCleary case
- Summertime professional development from AWSP
- Early retired teachers using ERFs can now substitute teach
- Consider attending Education Funding Task Force meeting June 8
- Registration now open for WSSDA 2016 Annual Conference!
- Who was there? Photos from 2016 Equity Conference
- Dates added for ESEA regional forums
- Washington state high school artists honored
- WSSDA board names Garchow as next ED
- Trust lands map offers Washington insights
- Annual conference breakout session proposals due June 5
May 2016
April 2016
- Evergreen educator named school employee of the year
- 258 schools win state’s highest honor
- WSSDA Direct features leg update, uncertainties, more!
- Leg Update: The petals have fallen (final)
- 2016 Final Supplemental Budget Summary
March 2016
- SBE March meeting highlights
- Letter to NCAA on Bridge-to-College courses
- Proclamation on Classified School Employee Week
- WSSDA is looking for its next executive director
- Register for Small Schools Conference March 14-15
February 2016
- WSSDA Direct looks at equity, Legislature & music
- Register now for the May equity conference
- OSPI ESSA website with subscriber updates
- Nominate your school for a Whole Child Award
- Nominations open for Robert J. Handy awards
January 2016
- Updated toolkit for School Board Recognition Month
- Leg Update – Rain helps seeds sprout and the gardens grow
- NSBA Advocacy Institute postponed due to storm forecast
- WSSDA Direct puts wrap on Annual Conference
- WSSDA statement on ESEA Reauthorization
- WSSDA seeking to fill paralegal opening
- WSSDA honors three districts for Boards of the Year
October-December 2015
- Debunking the myths in public education (video)
- WSSDA 2016 Legislative Priorities
- WSSDA model policy on religious-related activities
- Marnie Maraldo elected WSSDA vice president
- Joanne Greer elected WSSDA president-elect
- WSSDA seeking temporary office assistant
September 2015
- Photos from leg assembly, small schools, reg meetings
- View the Legislative Assembly agenda
- WSSDA board votes to oppose I-1366
- Forum on closing the opportunity gap Sept 15
- College test participation continues to rise
- August WSSDA Direct – Leg wrap and more
July-August 2015
- Election 2015: WSSDA officer candidate videos
- WSSDA seeking consultants to assist school boards
- Statement on Senate Passage of ECAA
- PESB proposed standards
- Legislative Update- A is for Ample
- Participation rate high for state tests in grades 3 – 8
- 2014 WSSDA Annual Report
June 2015
- Leg Update: There’s no deal ’til there’s a whole deal
- May Direct spotlights leg session, racial equity
- June 15 deadline for potential district charter authorizers
- Legislative Update – Spring in Olympia
May 2015
- WSSDA statement on Teacher Appreciation Week
- State honors high school artists
- April WSSDA Direct now online
- Teacher Appreciation Week Proclamation
- Vancouver school gets innovative designation
April 2015
- Dorn’s plan to fully fund basic education
- WSSDA statement on Senate ESEA agreement
- Legislative Update – Budgets and more budgets
- 401 schools win state’s highest honor
- OSPI announces math and science grants
- Dorn statement on statewide testing
- AWSP names principals of the year
- Board of Education responds to budget proposals
- Dorn pledges help for struggling schools
March 2015
- February WSSDA Direct now online
- WSSDA board urges Murray, Alexander to act on NCLB
- Upcoming Legislative Town Halls
- Leg Update – Half way home
- WSSDA seeking Graphic Designer
- Legislative Update: Blessings and curses
- WSSDA message to Congress on changes to NCLB
February 2015
- Legislative update: Blessings and curses
- Register for upcoming WWNAEC Educator Conference
- Preliminary results February Bond and Levy votes
- Governor’s list of K-12 reforms
- Leg Update – Look out below
January 2015
- Highlights from Jan 7-8 SBE meeting
- WSSDA seeks admin assistant and policy specialist
- WSSDA Direct highlights the legislative session
- WSSDA is seeking to hire a policy program specialist
- TRS Plan 3 January rate change window ends this year
- WSSDA’s 2015 Legislative Priorities
- WSSDA seeking to hire graphic designer
- WSSDA Direct features conference recap, ed reform
- Apply now for OSPI career guidance award
December 2014
- Gov proclaims week for computer science education
- WA tops nation in new board-certified teachers
- Three named as Boards of the Year
- WSSDA names 17 as Boards of Distinction
- Hazard mitigation plan finalized
- SBE asks governor to include prof dev in basic ed
November 2014
- 2014 Delegate Assembly Handbook
- Apply for teaching awards for math and science
- WSSDA statement on Marysville Pilchuck tragedy
- Today is Red and White Day
- NSBA, others, launch Digital Leap
October 2014
- Have you taken your WSSDA member survey?
- Nation elected as president-elect, Greer to be VP
- McCleary? ESEA? Heroes? Read about it in the Direct
- Deadline extended for legislative coordinator
- Photos from WSSDA’s fall regional meetings
- WSSDA’s legislative priority ranking now posted
- Photos added to 2014 Legislative Assembly
- Photos from Innovative Schools Tour in Yakima
- More Washington students take SAT, PSAT and AP
- WSSDA statement on Supreme Court ruling
- Isabel Muñoz-Colón of Tacoma elected SBE chair
September 2014
- WSSDA names new E. Wa. training specialist
- WSSDA Direct highlights elections, equity
- Program increases access to healthy school meals
- SBE September meeting and retreat highlights
- Seattle teacher named Teacher of the Year
- Where will WSSDA stand? See Leg. Assembly Guide
- 5 named as finalists for presidential teaching award
- Supreme Court order holding Legislature in contempt
- Leg Assembly discount extended to Sept 12
- Research Blast focuses on technology in the classroom
- FAQ on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Charter authorizer notice of intent due Oct. 1
- State releases 2014 test scores
- State’s ACT participation and results continue to rise
August 2014
- SBE August 22 meeting highlights
- August WSSDA Direct now online
- Charter school authorizer orientation set for Sept. 4
- SBE proposes new charter school timelines
- SBE to set cut score for the biology collection of evidence
- SBE seeking input for strategic plan
- WSSDA responds to denied request
- Alan Burke named WSSDA’s new executive director
- Dorn files brief with state supreme court
- State asks feds to set aside letter on ‘failing’ schools
July 2014
- $213 million in construction awards announced
- Highlights from July 9-10 SBE meeting
- Reading/writing pass rate nearly 93% for class of 2014
- Washington Reading Corps sites announced
June 2014
- Check out this summer reading list in WSSDA Direct
- Direct looks at required training, summer reading
- SBE will take comments on proposed grad rules
- 2014 Legislative Session Summary
- Workforce Board features new success stories
- WSSDA seeking new executive director
- Frost named WSSDA acting executive director
- Washington schools win national nutrition award
May 2014
- SBE will take comments on proposed grad rules
- WSSDA annual report now online
- 80 districts get grants to improve school safety
- Avanti in Olympia honored as top arts program
- Statewide school achievement index data now online
- State high school artists honored
- WSSDA seeks director of governmental relations
- WSSDA board calls for action on ESEA
- Conference breakout session proposals due Friday
- May is Arts Education Month
- Research Blast focuses on grit and achievement
- Visit Our Kids, Our Future website and FB page
- OSPI releases hazard mitigation plan
April 2014
- WSSDA statement on withdrawal of NCLB waiver
- Fed letter rejecting state’s NCLB waiver request
- April Direct features leg wrap, guide to board respect
- ArtsEd offers session on student engagement
- Vancouver, Tahoma honored for green schools
- 23 schools receive career guidance awards
- ReadySetGrad.org nominated for Webby Award
- Tacoma teacher wins $25,000 Milken award
- Washington Common Core Leadership Summit
- Achievement Council honors 196 HS scholars
- SBE adopts resolution on school discipline
- Career Bridge updated performance results
- Dreamers application for financial aid now available
- Quick glance 2014 legislative session summary
March 2014
- WSSDA Direct features grad rates and vapor pens
- SBE announces first English Acquisition Award
- Four more schools join state’s innovative list
- Report on nursing diversity and K-12, higher ed
- Dorn responds to “reform before revenue”
- WSSDA statement on 2014 legislative session
- South Shore’s Scarlett named ML principal of the year
- Dorn statement on 2014 legislature
- Schools of Excellence in Arts education awards
- Congrats Kent & Vancouver on Magna Awards
- Number of homeless students in WA tops 30,000
- Bipartisan school construction plan
- February WSSDA Direct now online
- Agenda for SBE March board meeting
February 2014
- WSSDA Research Specialist opening extended
- Washington students taking AP exams up 123%
- 21 finalists for Road Map Project awards
- Nomination for 2014 for Handy Award
- 16 districts selected for sexual health grants
- Koval named WSSDA acting executive director
- Highlights of Jan. 8-9 SBE meeting
- January WSSDA Direct now posted online
- NSBA report to the Pacific Region
January 2014
- Legislative Update – Hustle
- Gov. declares January as SB Recognition Month
- Register for the Legislative Conference
- Leg Update – Bills of interest on tap for next week
- SBE issues stakeholder letter on 24-credit flexibility
- Dorn unveils basic education funding proposal
- Building Exceptional Leadership Teams workshops
- Application for Green Ribbon Schools extended
- Four Wa. schools recognized as distinguished
- Research Blast: Drawing the line on Student Discipline
- SBE announces results of state board election
- OSPI adopts new English standards
December 2013
- Nov-Dec WSSDA Direct now online
- Legislative Update on Gov’s supplemental budget
- Washington tops nation in board certified teachers
- Kelso’s Patty Wood picked for regional ed board
- AG press release on charter school court decision
- Photos from 2013 WSSDA Annual Conference
- SBE seeks comments on accountability
- OSPI – New way to measure student success
- Federal meal assistance funds available
- WSAC proposes adult education goals
- Election results for WSSDA Board and committees
- Sunnyside, S. Kitsap named Boards of the Year
- WSSDA seeking information technology/web specialist
- Legislative Update
- OSPI gets grant for support system for educators
November 2013
- SBE adopts anti-bullying resolution
- TPEP model policy and procedure
- Dorn unveils legislative package
- WSSDA names 2013 Boards of Distinction
- October Research Blast explores ELL
- Legislative Update posted
- SBE to consider anti-bullying resolution
- SBE video on new accountability framework
- Dorn impressed by NAEP score improvements
- NEPC report on data-driven improvement in schools
- Chris Nation elected as next WSSDA vice president
- WEA report on improving achievement in SIG schools
- WA 8th graders do well globally in math and science
October 2013
- October Direct now online
- Dorn releases 2013 AMO results
- OSPI, Microsoft partner to assist schools
- Today is Walk and Bike to School Day
- Photos from Legislative Assembly on Flickr
- Three districts signal intent to be charter authorizers
- SIG schools show big gains in math and reading
- Washington sees rise in SAT participation
- September SBE meeting highlights
- Bellingham educator named Teacher of the Year
September 2013
- September WSSDA Direct
- State gets grant to help teachers
- Dorn wants added forecast revenues to go to K-12
- September Charter Connection now online
- Pre-Assembly final agenda now online
- SBE approves Spokane as first Charter Authorizer
- August Research Blast: STEM Education
- Districts must adopt community service policy by Sept. 1
- Job Opening: WSSDA seeks IT Director
August 2013
- SBE posts revised achievement index info
- OSPI response to Leg McCleary Report
- Leg report on McCleary now posted online
- Roundtable sessions set for Seattle & Spokane
- OSPI to release state testing results Aug. 26
- WSSDA voting starts August 26
- WA State ACT Readiness Report
- August edition of the WSSDA Direct
- Charter School Commission meeting recap for July
- Dept. of Ed renews state’s ESEA waiver
- WTECB study says CTE students more likely to get jobs
- Election Results – Office of the Secretary of State
- NSBA says contact legislators during recess
- EPA seeking nominations for children’s health committee
- Districts must adopt community service policy by Sept. 1
- 200 schools selected for state-funded kindergarten
- Legislative Update: New laws now in effect
- Dorn announces SBE elections
- Feds open $120 million in RTT grants to districts
July 2013
- July Charter Connection now online
- WSSDA’s Board Elections Candidates
- SBE makes changes to achievement index
- WSSDA announces board officer candidates
- OSPI announces construction assistance awards
- IDEA Act Survey: Submit your insight and opinions
- SBE adopts criteria for charter authorizer applications
- June Research Blast – The gap in student achievement
- SBE to decide on revised achievement index
- WSSDA statement on the budget
- Dorn’s statement on the budget
- Detailed K-12 Budget 2013-15 (p. 183-205)
- June Charter Connection now online
- New: CPE – Charters no more effective than traditional schools
June 2013
- WSSDA Direct: Get ready for changes in school policies
- WSSDA urges legislative leadership to focus on budget
- SBE to review charter rubric and achievement index
- Sign up for Olympia school board candidate workshop
- Leg Update: Revenue forecast up by $121 million
- Leg Update: Day 2 budget comparison
- Dorn urges legislature to pass supplemental budget
- Ed Week special on Diplomas Count
- Sign up for school board candidate workshops
- Charter School Commission progress report
- TPEP model policy and procedure
- OSPI Microsoft Academy passes 10,000 certifications
- Leg Update: Democrats release new budget proposal
- Sign up now for student achievement workshops
- 2013 legislative session summary
May 2013
- Brookings webinar with panel member Mary Fertakis
- NSBA President highlights the harm of school vouchers
- Dorn announces ESD Board Elections
- Progress report on Washington’s Charter School Commission
- Media Advisory for May Board Meeting
- Brookings webinar: Confronting suburban poverty in America
- May Direct features after-school arts program
- SBE to consider adding student growth measures
- Celebrate National Teacher Day (NEA)
- 21st century learning initiative rolls out in Vancouver
April 2013
- Two jobs open at WSSDA
- Special session called, legislators return May 13
- NSBA update on waiver to carry over Title I funds
- TPEP model policy and procedure
- 2013 Green Ribbon schools announced
- Legislative Update – One week and counting
- OSPI energy grants announced
- Vancouver educator is employee of the year
- WSSDA urges budget writers to fund priorities
- WSSDA Research Blast features dropout rates
- WSSDA President Long’s statement on budget
- House Democrats propose $1.3 billion to meet McCleary
- April WSSDA Direct focuses on board confidentiality
- Golden Apple nominations due by May 6
- 81 schools win state’s highest honor
- WSSDA media release on governor’s budget, resolutions
- SBE has vacancy
- Inslee proposal would make $1.2 billion down payment
March 2013
- New: SBE to discuss math cut scores at March meeting
- Photos from 2013 Legislative Conference
- NSBA Update on K-12 federal budget
- Superintendents call for increased funding
- Update letter on athletics and students with disabilities
- WSSDA Direct March 2013
- Governor, Dorn to honor national award-winning schools
- Download local resolution urging Legislature to act
- School director conference call with First Lady March 19
- March 11-15 is Classified Public School Employee Week
- We Day gears up for Seattle, March 27
- March WSSDA Direct features school safety
- Washington Supreme Court sides with kids and schools
- Legislative Update: Numbers narrow slightly at cutoff
- SBE opposes use of index to grade schools
- Seventy four schools win national nutrition award
- Its time to celebrate classified school employees week
February 2013
- March 11-15 is Classified Public School Employee Week
- NSBA renews call to contact legislators on sequestration
- Washington begins test of student assessments
- OSPI Leg reports on system capacity and assessment
- February WSSDA Direct
- Olympia hearing set on charter school draft rules
- Race-to-the-Top Early Learning Update
- State AP scores rise along with participation rate
- Vollmer video now available to school directors
- Charter school rule making notification (SBE)
- Number of homeless students tops 27,000
- Survey – Help SBE and OPSI identify highest achieving schools
- Administration: Tips from the Trenches
- SBE seeks input on charter school rules
- WSSDA Research Blast for January
- School Safety: Tips from the Trenches
January 2013
- OSPI names new STEM lighthouse schools
- Report focuses on pathways starting in high school
- Six programs get math, science money
- OSPI PowerPoint on school performance
- Highlights of SBE meeting Jan 9-10
- Kindergarten assessment shows varied skill levels
- Zillah educator is national finalist for teacher of the year
- OSPI receives grant to help English language learners
- WaKIDS workgroup recommendations released
- LEV to host Jan 22 forum at King County library
- ArtsTime conference set for Jan. 19-20
- Washington has second most new board certified teachers
- OSPI releases school wellness toolkit
- New Year Update from NSBA Advocacy Director
- Achievement and Accountability feedback report (SBE)
- OSPI launches new data warehouse
- Central Valley band to march at inaugural parade
- Dorn announces remaining items for legislative session
- Statement from WSSDA President on Sandy Hook tragedy
- Leg Update: Gov. Gregoire unveils 2013-15 budgets
December 2012
- OSPI to create plan to lessen risks of natural disasters
- Dec. 12 CCSS webinar for school directors posted
- Bob Hughes re-elected to the State Board of Education
- Dorn proposes changes in state assessment system
- Leg Update: Ed Funding Task Force wraps it up
- Vancouver schools will pilot digital social studies textbook
- King County districts win $40 million Race to the Top grant
- December issue of WSSDA Direct is now online
- Leadership WSSDA applications due December 14
- OSPI media release on marijuana and schools
- Washington SIG schools outpacing nation in improvement
- Leg Update: Senate Republicans announce “coalition majority”
- Free Common Core Standards webinar Dec 12
- Forty-two schools win national nutrition award
- OSPI legislative reports available (with video summaries)
- NSBA sends school board petitions to Congress
- New: School director video interviews featured on Comcast
November 2012
- Press Release: Washington school boards recognized
- Three Washington finalists in Race to the Top
- Pasco’s Saundra Hill named superintendent of the year
- New: Register for Nov. 29 Ed Week free webinar on Sequestration
- Race to the Top Update (November)
- Heads up: Draft OSPI rules for TPEP
- Leg Update – A quick look at the 2012 election results
- Candidates named, guide available, for SBE Election
- Order new WTECB career bridge information cards
- One-page fact sheet on TPEP
- Clarification on WSSDA board vote
- Internship provides opportunity to learn new skills (video)
October 2012
- New: Group forms to define “career ready”
- WSSDA announces new officers for 2013
- 2012 Delegate Assembly Handbook is now available
- October Direct looks at medical marijuana use in schools
- Last day to take 2012 WSSDA member survey
- SBE to discuss indicators for achievement index Oct. 17
- Dorn’s budget request pushes toward full funding
- WSSDA 2012 Membership Survey Now Online
- SBE lays out rationale for its school achievement index
- TPEP Workshop added to Tacoma Regional Meeting
- Dorn releases Annual Measurable Objectives
- State Board speaks out on Native American mascots
- Website features Native American curriculum
September 2012
- Washington again leads nation in SAT scores
- Last day to vote in WSSDA officer elections
- Zillah School District educator named teacher of the year
- Inslee and McKenna confirmed for Sept. 21
- New: Webinars on Achievement Accountability Workgroup
- 2011 NAEP writing results released and now online
- Education at a Glance – global indicators from OECD
- Six named as finalists for national teaching honor
- First agenda for achievement and accountability work group
- Boards of Distinction Application due September 14
- Dropout prevention yields big economic benefits
- Legislative Assembly reduced rate extended to Sept. 12
- Student board reps needed for NBC town hall
August 2012
- OSPI: Free and reduced-price meal programs
- WSSDA board opposes lack of local oversight in I-1240
- OSPI: State tests show continued student progress
- OSPI Names top-performing, most improving schools
- Final 2012 Race to the Top application available
- Summary of Initiative 1240 (WSSDA)
- Dorn Congratulates Class of 2012 on ACT Results
- WSSDA officer candidate statements, videos now on-line
- Application available for Boards of Distinction
- 2012 financial education report released
- Register now for free August 14 TPEP webinar
July 2012
- SBE to approve biology end of course assessment cut scores
- Summary of Initiative 1240-(WSSDA)-
- School administrators oppose I-1240
- State Board of Education July 11-12 meeting highlights
- 2012 legislative session summary available
- June update
- Director of Policy and Legal Services opening extended
- OSPI – TPEP Legislative Update
- Work group recommends higher starting teacher salary
June 2012
- New school board workshop scheduled for August in Spokane
- WSSDA job opening: Research Analyst
- New WSSDA Direct now online
- OSPI: Preliminary reading/writing pass rates surpass 90 percent
- OSPI’s Michaela Miller earns president’s award
- OSPI: 61 more schools win national nutrition award
- Citizen’s Guide to K-12 Finance
- New law adds requirements to special meeting announcements
- WSSDA Conference online registration open
- Graduation rates by state-(Ed Week)
- Meridian teacher named state’s history teacher of the year
- Presidential memorandum on student loans
- Ed Week seminar June 12 on spurring Latino achievement
May 2012
- Career Bridge on line to connect education and jobs
- June 8 deadline nears for WSSDA officer applicants
- Policy assistant position open at WSSDA
- Judge rules Eyman tax initiative unconstitutional
- State BOE wants to hear from you on school-day waivers
- NSBA asks local school boards to pass resolutions supporting ESEA
- Proposed Criteria for 2012 Race to the Top
- Last day to nominate candidates for WSSDA officer elections
- May WSSDA Direct now online
- Washington state high school artists honored
- Ed Secretary Arne Duncan to hold online stakeholders forum May 22
- Recap of May 8-9 State Board of Education Meeting
- May New Director News now online
- School energy grants announced
- Two physical education teachers win national awards
- ACLU: Student Rights and Responsibilities in the Digital Age
April 2012
- Conference session proposals due May 11
- 2012Excellence in Arts Education Awards Announced
- NSBA Great Ideas free webinar set for May 16
- WSSDA Annual Report (2011)
- New Ed Week Reports on Common Core Standards
- Legislative Assembly proposals due May 18
- OSPI Release: Change to bus aisle width standards
- Proposals due May 11 for annual conference
- OSPI – Microsoft Academy nears 1,400 certifications–
- First issue of New Director News now online
- Board of Education honored for achievement tool
- Investing in Innovation grants available
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