The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2012 state of the state addresses. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.
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| Governor Chris Gregoire's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Accountability
-- Step in and turn around schools where dropout rates are high, student performance and achievement are low, and where no progress is being made.
Teaching Quality - Evaluations
-- Overhaul the way teachers are evaluated by focusing on high-quality instruction, student achievement and growth.
-- Provide a system to evaluate the performance of principals based on student achievement.
Finance
-- Lift the levy lid.
-- Fund levy equalization.
P-3 - Preschool, Kindergarten
-- Continue implementation of all-day kindergarten for all kids.
-- Create "All Start," a voluntary Washington preschool program to provide early learning opportunities to all 3- and 4-year-olds.
Postsecondary - Community/Technical Colleges
-- Provide funding to community and technical colleges to retrain 2,500 workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
Postsecondary - Finance
-- Provide four-year institutions with competitive tuition flexibility.
-- Restore funding for the State Need Grant Program in order to keep the doors to higher education open to students of all income levels.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Student Achievement
-- K-12 student test scores continue to rank high nationally.
School Choice
-- Innovative schools in cities around the state have been highly successful in raising vital math and science skills.
Postsecondary - Community/Technical Colleges
-- Community and technical college system is rated as one of the best in the nation
Teaching Quality
-- Rank fifth in the nation in board-certified educators.
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