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Upcoming LEVinar: Education and Workforce Outcomes of Students Who Have Experienced Foster Care, Homelessness, or Institutional Education

The Washington State Education Research and Data Center (ERDC) follows multiple cohorts of 8th graders who attended Washington public schools and examined K-12 school mobility and high school completion, postsecondary enrollment and completion, apprenticeship participation and completion, as well as employment and earnings over several years.

In this free webinar on Thursday, October 31 at 12:30 pm, members of the Project Education Impact workgroup will talk about how that data has informed their work.

Panelists include:

• Heather McCabe, Research Scientist, the Washington State Education Research and Data Center
• Cierra Draper-West, M.S.W., LSWAIC, University of Washington Champions Program, Lead Counseling Services Coordinator, Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
• Melissa Rapp, M.S.W., University of Washington Champions Program, Director, Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity

LEV Report on Education Funding in Washington state

In case you missed it, LEV undertook a research project during the 2023-2024 school year to better understand district budget challenges. We wanted to understand how our current resourcing approach wasn’t meeting district needs, how student needs have evolved in recent years, and how districts are responding to this challenging time. In Underfunded and Unsustainable, we share findings from in-depth interviews with district superintendents from 28 Washington state school districts and a look at district staffing and spending data to help inform how we can respond and ensure that students are centered as we look to how we can emerge from this challenging time with a system that is more responsive to student needs.

LEVinar Recording: Impacts of the 2024 Washington state Ballot Initiatives

Voting is underway for the November general election, and four initiatives are on the statewide ballot:

• I-2109 would repeal Washington state’s limited capital gains excise tax, slashing over $2.2 billion from public education, childcare, and early learning in the next 5 years.
• I-2117 would repeal Washington state’s cap-and-invest program and endanger our health and safety, and devastate our transportation system.
• I-2124 would eliminate Washington state’s long-term care insurance program for 3.9 million working Washingtonians, which will hurt women and increase our costs and medical debt.
• I-2066 would attack energy efficiency by repealing common-sense protections, leaving us with higher energy costs and making our communities more vulnerable during storms, wildfires, and deadly heat waves.

In this webinar, we explore the impacts of what would happen if these initiatives were to pass and answer your questions.

Panelists:

• Monica Jurado Stonier, Washington state Representative
• Treasure Mackley, Executive Director of Invest in Washington Now
• Christina Keys, an advocate for family caregivers in Vancouver
• Calvin Jones, Outreach Director at Defend Washington
• Carey Morris, Government Relations Consultant