New report: Illegals are drastically altering the landscape of public schools
Original article at American Thinker Data doesn’t lie, and illegal alien minors are drastically altering the landscape of the public schools in Chicago. According to an in-depth analysis published at Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization with a stated mission to report on America’s school system, particularly the way it impacts those who have “historically lacked access to a quality education,” the demographics of the Chicago public schools is rapidly changing, and I’d argue, not for the better. While the number of (alien) Hispanic students skyrockets, blacks rapidly diminish. Where once there were experienced educators, now there are progressive activists, translators, and … [Read more...]
WA school leaders make case for more spending despite court-ordered funding bumps
How much money is enough for K-12 education in Washington State? The article shared today provides details. The original can be found at: TheCenterSquare Share the information with anyone you think is concerned not just about their taxes but the education of tomorrow's children. The Washington Association of School Administrators launched a new website last month that makes the case for increased state spending on K-12 education, even as the state's public schools now spend $19,000 on average statewide for the education of each student, a dramatic rise over the pre-McCleary level of $10,000 per student. The state Supreme Court’s January 2012 McCleary decision ordered the state … [Read more...]
How $20 million becomes $90 million in 14 years at Ridgefield School District
This article was published at Clark County Today on April 1, 2024. No it's not April Fools...walk through the numbers for yourself. The Ridgefield School District budgeted a roughly $3 million loss for 2023-2024 and is projecting a roughly $1.3 million loss now. Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo doesn’t believe it is due to a lack of funding. Heidi Pozzo for Clark County Today By now you’ve probably seen the news from Clark County Today that school districts are struggling with budgets. Those struggles aren’t confined to larger school districts, virtually every school district in the area is working on budget shortfalls. Heidi Pozzo Will Ridgefield School District suffer … [Read more...]
Battle Ground School District – compensation history 2016-2022
As the Battle Ground Teachers decide whether to strike or not it's appropriate to look at the changes to their compensation since McCleary. Please note the salary + benefits as well as the compensation growth vs inflation. Are your earnings growing faster than inflation? Do you earn more than the median in Clark County? Where will the school board get the nearly 17% increase? … [Read more...]
Evergreen School District – Compensation history 2016 to 2022
Here's the snapshot of the earnings changes since McCleary for the Evergreen School District: Notice that they all are ahead of inflation by a wide margin? Have your earnings stayed ahead of inflation? … [Read more...]
Camas School District compensation data for teachers + admin + superintendent
Update: Sept 4th Here is a link to the Camas SD page that contains the negotiations updates: https://www.camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/budget-development/labor-relations/ They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The graphic shows the compensation information for the Camas School District going back to 2016. Please note the inflation line...have your earnings kept you ahead of inflation? Where is your money going and how much more can you pay? Compare Camas to Evergreen and Battle Ground. Here are links to the Battle Ground and Evergreen data sets so you can compare Camas' offer" Battle Ground School District – compensation history 2016-2022 (swweducation.org) … [Read more...]
Ridgefield Bond – How many times do voters need to say NO?
Background - If you look at the graphic image on the left you will note that the bond program date is 2017. But wait...it's April of 2022. Why is the date wrong? It's not. Ridgefield has been requesting various capital bonds since 2017. Some they've won and others they've lost. This current attempt is a repeat of the failed February 2022 bond. Prior to that another attempt was made and failed. So what you ask? As the guest writer points out in todays article it appears the Ridgefield School Board and district leadership doesn't hear the public's answer. Ridgefield School District Leaders Need To Start Listening To Parents & Voters When the Ridgefield School District (RSD) met up … [Read more...]
Washington State levy and bond data
If you love data and facts please add this site to your "must have" sites: http://www.schooldataproject.com This website was created by Jeff Heckathorn. Jeff has a passion for data and has been spending huge amounts of time gathering and dissecting data regarding Washington State school levys and bonds. We've been corresponding for months on this and today we bring to you some of the materials he has shared. Feel free to go straight to his site. We will provide updates and articles as we get them. You'll find information about those that passed and those that failed in February 2021 "special elections". This article will be updated as new information becomes available. Here is … [Read more...]
K-12 Education Washington State: Does more $$$ = higher test scores?
This article is going to be one of those that is complicated and full of data. There's simply no way around it. However, we'll summarize the data AND provide the spreadsheets and links so you can go look for yourself. The graphic chart to the left comes from an article from the Seattle Times titled "Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show large gaps between student groups". The title of the article is a hot link incase you want to read it. Please note that the Times makes it clear that Washington States "passing" score levels are lower than other areas of the United States...which means that the "passing" scores are even worse when compared to other states. What is the … [Read more...]