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YouTube video: If it’s jittery, click here or on the YouTube icon to watch directly on YouTube.
QEC video: Presentation of the FFTWG to the QEC, December 1, 2009. My portions are at 1:30 (introducing our group); 22:50; and 1:00 (talking about revenue options).
Op-Ed in the Seattle Times, May 2010
WASA/WSSDA speaking engagement at their joint annual Legislative Conference
WSSDA Board unanimously endorses the plan - December 2009. Press release is here.
Everett Herald supportive opinion article, “Task laid out; get on with it” - February 2010
Everett Herald supportive opinion article, “Lay the groundwork now” - January 2010
News article in the Everett Herald profiling David Iseminger, “Lake Stevens man has plan to overhaul schools”
Everett Herald supportive opinion article, “Despite crisis, move forward” - January 2010
Op-Ed in the Everett Herald, “The key is funding it - here’s a plan” - November 2009
Op-Eds about the plan, in newspapers across the state (all similar content):
The Spokesman-Review: “Find funding for education reform”
The Tacoma News Tribune: “A five-part plan to fund education reform in Washington”
The Wenatchee World: “How to fund education reform”
The Bellingham Herald: “Education leader offers funding plan for state education reform”
Other papers also ran the Op-Ed, including the Yakima Herald-Republic and The Columbian.
Speech to the WSSDA/WASA Legislative Conference general assembly. Video is here.
90-minute Q&A Review of the plan at WSSDA/WASA Conference, February 2010
Testimony to the House Education committee on HB 2746, January 2010
Testimony to the Senate K-12 Education committee on SB 6740, January 2010
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The printable site pages to the right are intended to make the plan available in a portable, printable format. Each is a PDF, and designed to make reading, understanding, and sharing the plan information easy. I hope you find these useful; if you have feedback or requests for other PDF information items, please use the links below to contact me.
Gov. Gregoire receives a copy of the plan (the one-page overview), and an explanation, from visiting high school students.