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• SVHS’s Mary Collins named state’s classified employee of year

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 When Mary Collins, 64, decided to return to work when her son was back in school, she found a job working at what was then Spokane Valley Alternative High School …

• Test scores show progress

  August 31, 2011 in City on Page A5 Washington students improved in all four areas measured on standardized tests compared with last year, results released Tuesday by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction show. This …

• Spin Control: Gregoire, Dorn vie for education responsibility

  February 6, 2011 in City on Page B10 Whom do you hold responsible for the problems Washington schools have graduating kids who can read, write, calculate and be intellectually flexible enough to have a dozen careers before they …

• Gregoire seeks to eliminate public instruction superintendent

  February 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire made the pitch to unify Washington’s school systems from preschool to graduate degrees under her office, even if it means getting rid of the state’s …

• Gregoire v. Dorn on eliminating SPI

  February 2, 2011 in News Gov. Chris Gregoire says she should be held responsible for fixing education while Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn says the system isn’t broke. 6

• Gregoire proposes new schools office

  January 6, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – All of Washington’s education systems and programs, from preschool through graduate degrees at universities, should be working together and overseen by a single office, Gov. Chris Gregoire said … 6

• At 82 students, school district credits size for academic success

    November 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 BICKLETON, Wash. – A recent report calls rural education “what works in Washington.” That’s certainly true in south-central Washington’s Bickleton School District, which has academic and financial strengths that could … 12

• Odessa science teacher named East Side’s best

  October 11, 2010 in City on Page A7 Odessa’s Jeffery Wehr, who was featured in a 2008 Spokesman-Review story about the challenges of teaching math and science, has been named 2011 Teacher of the Year for Eastern Washington. …

• State suspends license of convicted teacher

  September 2, 2010 in City on Page A9 SEATTLE – Washington state’s schools chief on Wednesday suspended the teaching certificate of a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching girls and then brought back into the classroom after a short … 1

• Student data mixed on new state assessments

    September 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 More than 60 percent of sophomores in Spokane Public Schools last year failed Washington’s math assessment test, while students in neighboring districts performed only slightly better, according to results released … 1

• Math, science teachers get paid less than others in Wash.

  August 18, 2010 in Region Lawmakers and other Washington state officials have talked a lot about focusing more on science and math education, but researchers at the University of Washington have found that despite this … 5

• Scores slip with new Washington state test

  June 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 For the third year in a row, more than 90 percent of high school seniors passed Washington’s reading and writing assessment tests required for graduation. Scores dropped slightly in writing … 2

• Washington to adopt new national education standards

  June 2, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Washington’s superintendent of public instruction says he will review the new national education standards for the next month before provisionally adopting them. 2

• 9 of 10 school districts sign on for Race to the Top

  June 1, 2010 in City Nearly 9 out of 10 school districts in Washington have signed on to an application to win as much as $250 million in federal money through a program known as …

• Wash. may not get any more school stimulus dollars

  May 28, 2010 in Region The director of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Washington, D.C., office hopes a visit home will influence members of Congress to think again about sending more money to public schools to avoid … 2

• Dorn drives after DUI thanks to breath-test device

  May 3, 2010 in City State schools Superintendent Randy Dorn received an automatic 90-day driver’s license suspension when he pleaded guilty last month to drunken driving. But that doesn’t mean he can’t drive. 11

• New statewide ed tests next week, some on computer

  May 3, 2010 in City Online testing begins this week for some Washington students in grades six through eight. The new Measures of Student Progress — the tests replacing the WASL in the younger grades … 2

• Washington schools chief serving DUI day

  April 6, 2010 in City Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn has been booked into the Buckley Jail in Pierce County to serve his one-day sentence for drunken driving. 1

• Editorial: Dorn could have set even better example

  April 6, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 The head of Washington state’s public school system is logging a day in detention this week. That’s one way to look at the 24 hours in jail imposed on Randy …

• Superintendent Dorn pleads guilty to DUI charge

  April 2, 2010 in Region Superintendent Randy Dorn has pleaded guilty to one count of drunk driving and will serve one day in jail.

• Wash. schools chief apologizes after DUI arrest

  March 25, 2010 in Region Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn issued a written apology Thursday for actions that led to his arrest in Orting over the weekend.

• Report: Dorn smelled of alcohol, failed sobriety tests

  March 24, 2010 in Region Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn has been charged with one count of driving under the influence. 10

• Dorn arrested in Orting under suspicion of DUI

  March 23, 2010 in Region Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn was arrested over the weekend for suspicion of driving under the influence, his office confirmed Tuesday. 17

• Governor opposes delay in WASL math and science

  November 19, 2009 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire says she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn’s proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass state math and science tests to graduate. 7

• Study: Students, teachers have learned from WASL

  July 29, 2009 in City It may be the most hated test in Washington history. But the Washington Assessment of Student Learning also has contributed to student achievement and has helped teachers focus on state …

• Statewide testing still in limbo

  June 12, 2009 in City on Page A10 SEATTLE – State schools Superintendent Randy Dorn wants another delay in the math and science requirements for high school graduation. The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is …

• Deal close on Washington school-funding overhaul

  April 16, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In an eleventh-hour push, education advocates are calling on lawmakers and the governor to update the decades-old rule that spells out what the state should pay for in …

• 9th grade optional WASL canceled

  February 5, 2009 in City, Region SEATTLE — State schools officials are canceling the 9th grade optional Washington Assessment of Student Learning.

• WASL’s days numbered

  January 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 Washington schoolchildren may have to find something new to hate. A week after taking office, the state’s newly elected top educator is making good on a campaign promise, saying he’ll …

• WASL gets the boot

  January 21, 2009 in City, Idaho Washington schoolchildren will have to find something new to hate.