Hear Student Perspectives on Reimagining Our Education System

 

Thank you for being part of our League of Education Voters (LEV) community!

In case you missed last week's statewide Virtual Event featuring an inspiring lineup of student leaders and 2023 Washington state Teacher of the Year Dana Miles, you can watch the video here.

Next week, the LEV Field Team wraps up their statewide group and individual interviews around our four main legislative platform issues: supporting student mental health, improving school climate and school climate data surveys, removing the special education enrollment funding cap, and ending isolation practices in schools.

The LEV Policy Team will then review the statewide interview content and draft our 2023 Legislative Platform, which we plan to announce next month. As we did last year, we will circle back with community members to ensure their voices were heard.

 

Read more about our work below.

Students from South Shore PreK-8

 

LEVinar: Combating Hate in Education

In our free webinar next Wednesday, October 26 at 12:30 pm, we will discuss why it is important to honor students’ identities and lived experiences, and how we can push back against policies that would censor educators. Panelists include:

  • Alexis Mburu, a junior at Foster High School in the Tukwila School District and a member of the Washington Ethnic Studies Now Youth Advisory Board, the Washington State NAACP Youth Council, and the Tukwila Children’s Foundation Youth Grantmaking Board
  • Erin Jones, award-winning educator, equity consultant, and former candidate for Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Shane Monroe, 5th Grade Classroom Teacher at Wilburton Elementary in the Bellevue School District and the Puget Sound Educational Service District 2023 Regional Teacher of the Year
 

LEV 2022 Virtual Event Recording: The Power of Student Voice

Students know best when it comes to reimagining our education system. And they are not afraid of speaking up to address the many areas of inequity. In case you missed last week's online statewide convening to celebrate the brilliance and the advocacy efforts of Washington students, you can watch the event recording here!

 

Putting Students First Podcast: Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones

In this episode, we interview Dr. Brent Jones, Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, about his priorities for Seattle Public Schools and how he measures success, how the district is supporting student mental health, his personal education journey, and what he would change if he were in charge of Washington state’s education system and there were no budgetary constraints.

 

League of Education Voters Foundation 2021-2022 Annual Report

Thank you for supporting our work alongside and on behalf of Washington students, families, and educators. We are pleased to share our 2021-2022 Annual Report, which features an update on our legislative priorities, stories from the field, a profile of rockstar student activist Ivy Pete, LEV's impact since our founding 21 years ago, and more!

 

Arik Korman
Communications Director, League of Education Voters

League of Education Voters
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