Meet the 2025 Washington state Teacher of the Year

Upcoming LEVinar: What to Expect in the 2025 Legislative Session

In our free webinar on Thursday, January 9 at 12:30 pm, League of Education Voters Chief Policy Officer Jacob Vela and government relations consultant Carey Morris, along with LEV partners, give an overview of the 2025 legislative landscape, outline priorities for the 2025 legislative session, and answer your questions.

Panelists include:

• Vindhya Adamala, Ashlye Triebs, and Jaanvi Ganapathy of the Washington State Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC)
• Aaron Yared, Director of Policy & Advocacy at Building Changes
• Emma Scalzo, Executive Director of the Balance Our Tax Code Coalition
• Chris Korsmo, Executive Director of the Washington State Charter Schools Association
• Ben Mitchell, Director of Policy & Advocacy at the Foundation for Tacoma Students

New LEV podcast episode: Kim Broomer, the 2025 Washington state Teacher of the Year

In this episode, League of Education Voters CEO Arik Korman interviews Kim Broomer, the 2025 Washington state Teacher of the Year, about what inclusion is, why inclusion is important, how inclusionary practices can be implemented, and how she would change Washington state’s education system if she were in charge and there were no budgetary constraints.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, or Spreaker

Upcoming LEVinar: Learnings from Using Detailed Race and Ethnicity Data Available for Washington Public K-12 Students

The Washington State Education Research and Data Center (ERDC) has been working with the detailed race and ethnic data that is collected by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) on Washington Public K-12 students to understand how to appropriately use the data in research and analysis.

In our free webinar on Thursday, January 23 at 12:30 pm, the ERDC will share what they have learned about using this data and one way to use the data to examine post-high school outcomes.

Panelists include:

• Katie Weaver Randall, Director of the Washington State Education Research and Data Center
• Danielle Fumia, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Washington State Education Research and Data Center
• George Hough, Ph.D., Senior Data Scientist at the Washington State Education Research and Data Center

LEVinar Recording: The Collaborative Process to Learn about Dual Credit in Washington state

Over the last several years, the Washington State Education Research and Data Center (ERDC) has reported on dual credit/dual enrollment in Washington state based on requests from legislators, state agencies, researchers, local districts, and postsecondary institutions. Answering questions related to dual credit has been complicated, and ERDC has recently utilized a cross-sector workgroup to better understand the available data and guide this work.

In this webinar, we describe the workgroup process that ERDC uses and provide an overview of some of the key findings of the dual credit portfolio so far. Members of the Dual Credit Workgroup share their experience with this process and how the data it produces impacts their sectors, and we hear from a student about their experience with dual credit programs.

Panelists:

• Ashley Ramirez, a student at the University of Washington, Tacoma
• Katie Weaver Randall, Director of the Washington State Education Research and Data Center
• Liz Dehlbom, Senior Data Scientist at the Washington State Education Research and Data Center
• Dr. Dave Paul, Washington state Representative
• Dr. Bish Paul, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and member of the Dual Credit Workgroup