WA Charters congratulates Summit Public Schools: Atlas on a renewal of its charter, which will enable Atlas to continue providing an outstanding public education for students in the West Seattle area. The State Charter School Commission yesterday approved...
Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine as they fight against Vladimir Putin’s deplorable invasion of their homeland. To the Ukrainian families in and beyond our charter public school sector: our hearts and minds are with you as you move through each day in fear...
State’s Free, Public Options Continue to Adapt and Respond to Pandemic Challenges
September 1, 2021
June 2021
Today we recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Making the anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved people a federal holiday does not take away from the pain and trauma inflicted on Black Americans. At the same time, this formal acknowledgment of Juneteenth is...
June 9, 2021
June 8, 2021
May 11, 2021
Yesterday’s guilty verdict of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd is a step towards accountability; however, Black Americans continue to be killed disproportionately by police and the systemic racism that fuels that violence continues to...
February 23, 2021