WASHINGTON NEWS

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Bellevue Reporter

• Quality education requires a quality investment
  

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Columbian

• La Center teachers vote to approve strike, 75-1
  

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Crosscut

• Meet the Seattle doctor whose work led Congress to block funding for gun research
  

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Daily Record

• Let the festivities begin: Junior Rodeo Parade kicks off fair and rodeo season
  

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KNKX

• Seattle educators and the school district try to reach a new contract agreement
  

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KUOW

• Washington parents can't opt out of vaccines for philosophical reasons
  

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Our Kids, Our Future

• Django Paris named editor of book series on culturally sustaining pedagogies
  
• Preparing Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Workforce for Takeoff
  
• Bethel Hits One Out of the Park With Out-of-the-Box Thinking
  
• Words are not enough—witnessing the awesome joy of reclaiming young lives

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Seattle Times

• A $100,000 bribe got teen a UCLA soccer scholarship without even playing
  

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Tacoma News Tribune

• 20 years later, Puyallup teacher won’t face sex charges. But under wise new state law, others will
  

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Tri-City Herald

• Tri-Cities area schools say this change will improve kids’ grades, behavior and attendance
  

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Yakima Herald-Republic

• More of the story: What's happening with Yakima County graduation rates?
• Traffic near Garfield Elementary School to flow one-way, improve safety
  

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More Washington Media

• Kennewick teachers to strike on first day of school if no agreement is met
• New Pullman elementary school to help reduce overcrowding
• Selah School District bans use of bounce houses
  

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WSSDA NEWS

• See the Summer 2019 issue of WSSDA Direct
  
• Apply now for Board of Distinction
• View the 2018 WSSDA Annual Report

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EVENTS and AWARDS

• August 27 SBE Webinar: Changes in Law to Graduation Requirements: Comment on draft rules
• September 27-28 WSSDA Legislative Assembly
• Member Voice — "Everyone should come."
  
• Nov. 21-24 WSSDA Annual Conference

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OSPI / SBE

• New Website Marks the Beginning of a New Era at OSPI
  
• More Than 200 Schools Honored in New Recognition System
  
• Washington State High School Artists Honored
  
• E2SHB 1599 Information for Districts

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NATIONAL NEWS

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Best of the Blogs etc.

• Amid tensions statewide, an embattled California charter school's quest ends badly
  
• It’s back-to-school. Here’s how school districts are celebrating.
• 3 out of 4 Americans support giving teachers a raise, the highest in a decade
  

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Boston Globe

• Doctors say new rule will mean sicker immigrants
  

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Denver Post

• 60 Denver schools lack air conditioning as city heats up to 98 degrees
  

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Education Week

• Survey: More Support for Teachers' Unions, Charters
• Black Student 'Shamed' When School Officials Colored Hair
• Calif. School Condemns Video of High Schoolers Giving Nazi Salute
• The '1619 Project' Curriculum Challenges Teachers to Reframe U.S. History
• Questions About Education Contracts Shake Up Puerto Rico Yet Again
  

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Los Angeles Times

• Homeless kids, chronic absenteeism, frustrated parents: L.A. Unified is back to school and trying to help
• Women-only STEM college programs under attack for male discrimination
  

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New York Times

• Why Can’t We Teach Slavery Right in American Schools?
  

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NPR

• The Case For Summer Vacation
  

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Oregonian

• Portland Public Schools nearly scammed out of $2.9 million
  

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