From one Washington to the other, discussion heats up on school discipline, the federal role in public education, and whether Washington state should lower the passing score that high-school students need on graduation tests.
No vacation from education debates in this state, or in the other Washington.
From one coast to the other: Lots of talk about school discipline
School discipline, as many Education Lab readers know, has been our biggest theme this year. One reason is that it’s a big topic nationally as well as locally. This week, there were interesting discussions on this coast, and the opposite one: Late last week in Seattle, Oakland educators shared their lessons in reducing out-of-school suspensions by 47 percent.