Posted by Heather

The State Board of Education meeting this week is getting some great press coverage (and LEV isn’t doing too bad either). Check out these stories in local papers:

Our kids need tougher graduation requirements (also in the Redmond Report, Auburn Reporter, Kirkland Courier Reporter and Mercer Island Reporter)

Students prod state board for more classes (also in the Tacoma News Tribune)

WA Board of Ed votes on high school diploma dream (AP story also in the Longview Daily News)

K-12 Education: Increase standards

Tougher math requirements are only part of the equation

Washington board may require students to take second-year algebra

Evergreen district to host state board of education meetings

State considers stiffer high school graduation requirements (Spokesman-Review article in the TNT)