As of early 2025, several Washington school districts are under state financial oversight due to budget challenges, with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) monitoring their financial health through binding conditions or enhanced oversight. Mount Baker School District is under binding conditions, with updates issued through October 20, 2025. The district faces financial distress due to declining enrollment, inflation, and reduced state and federal funding. Prescott School District is under enhanced financial oversight, with a Financial Oversight Committee active as of June 2025. The district has been under state scrutiny since at least March 2024 due to budget … [Read more...]
9 Elephants in the (Class) Room That Should “Unsettle” Us
From the Huffington Post ... At a recent morning workshop for school leaders at a fairly small New England public school district, about an hour into a conversation focused on what they believed about how kids learn best, an assistant superintendent somewhat surprisingly said aloud what many in the room were no doubt feeling. "When I really try to square what I believe about how kids learn and what we practice in our classrooms, it unsettles me," she said. "And it frustrates me." As it should. One of the things I've come to realize in my many discussions with educators from around the globe is that there are a number of practices in our current systems of schooling that … [Read more...]