Washington State Board of Education
Weekly Update | December 6
Lunch with Linda and Jerry social studies webinar on January 8 from 12:30 - 1
Save the Date: Lunch with Linda & Jerry

What’s changed for social studies credit requirements with new graduation laws? Take a "lunch break" with SBE’s Linda Drake (Director of Career- and College-Readiness) and OSPI’s Jerry Price (Social Studies Program Supervisor) and find out via webinar!

When: January 8 from 12:30-1:00 p.m.

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SBE's 2020 Legislative Priorities

The Board’s 2020 legislative platform builds on the priorities established last year, and the Board will also advocate to advance additional initiatives consistent with SBE's 2019-2023 strategic plan .

SBE's Legislative priorities include similar themes to partners, too as shared at the November Board Meeting. The word cloud to the right incorporates partner and SBE Legislative priority language. Larger words are mentioned multiple times.

Read more about the priorities: 2020 Legislative Priorities .
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Annual Report: Strategic Plan Update

SBE's 2019–2023 Strategic Plan establishes five priority areas for the Board and our education system: student well-being, learning environments, system design, student transitions and diploma, and funding and accountability.

This annual report identifies examples of progress since the Board adopted the plan in November 2018. This is not intended to be a comprehensive catalog of all the great work occurring throughout our system.

Rather, this report is an opportunity to highlight a few bright spots as well as signal areas that need further attention and share some of the ongoing or emerging work that will occur over the next year.

Read more on the SBE blog.
ISB STEM education deep dive
Join SBE and ISB for a STEM Deep Dive in Seattle!

Come network with education professionals and take a deeper look at the work that ISB Education is doing to help engage students more deeply with STEM in the K-12 system. There will be refreshments, followed by an interactive presentation on ISB Education’s approach to teaching STEM in schools. 

DATE/TIME:
Thursday, January 9 
5 - 7 pm

LOCATION:
Institute for Systems Biology
401 Terry Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
Limited visitor parking available in the ISB garage on a first-come, first-serve basis. Street and garage parking available nearby.

RSVP:

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Katie Kephart
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