| How Is Education Funding Helping Students in Washington State? Thank you for being part of the League of Education Voters (LEV) community! Summer is a busy time for us. The LEV Field Team is beginning annual interviews with students, families, educators, and community leaders across Washington state to inform our 2025 Legislative Platform, with a focus on equitable education funding. The LEV Policy Team managed the July 9 youth-led Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate forum that featured all three major candidates for state superintendent – incumbent Chris Reykdal and challengers Reid Saaris and David Olson, and is finalizing our much-anticipated Education Funding Project Report. Watch for it during the week of August 5th. And speaking of releases, our 2023-24 annual report is coming soon! Please vote in the Washington state primary election on August 6th. If you have not yet registered to vote, you can register here. Read more about our work below. |
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| Upcoming LEVinar: The State of Equitable Education Funding in Washington In our free webinar on Thursday, August 8th at 12:30 pm, League of Education Voters Chief Policy Officer Jacob Vela will share the findings and recommendations from our upcoming report on the landscape of K-12 funding in Washington state, which was informed through in-depth interviews with school district superintendents and finance officers from across Washington. We will discuss challenges in our current K-12 funding approach and how the approach of districts to meeting student needs has shifted in recent years. |
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| | Event Recording: A Student-Led Candidate Forum for the Next Superintendent of Washington State Schools Co-created by a passionate team of students from across the state in partnership with the Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL), this event offers a unique opportunity to hear from the three leading candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction: David Olson, Chris Reykdal, and Reid Saaris. Witness students in action as they design and orchestrate an engaging and informative forum that brings together their own diverse perspectives and innovative ideas for the future. You’ll gain valuable insights into the candidates’ visions for education, explore pressing issues facing our schools, and experience the importance of centering youth leaders in education work. Thank you to our partners at OneAmerica, Washington Youth Alliance, Washington Family Engagement, the Arc of King County, the Student Potential Youth Advisory Council, the Legislative Youth Advisory Council, and others who have helped connect and shape the young people participating at the event into the leaders they are today. Whether you’re a student yourself, an educator, parent, policymaker, or community member, this forum promises to inspire, inform, and ignite conversations about the future of learning in our state. |
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| We truly appreciate all you do for Washington students, families, and educators. Each one of us has the right to feel safe and valued. We hope you and your family are having a great summer. Sincerely, Arik ![](/july2024_educationadvocate/24a643a1-1c30-435a-9444-cd75d6f706a9.png) Arik Korman | CEO Office: 206.728.6448 Twitter: @arikkorman Love what we do? Support our work Want to find out the latest in education news in Washington? Subscribe to our newsletter Want to learn more about League of Education Voters? Find out here |
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