The Washington, D.C. Council voted unanimously to make Washington, D.C. the second city in the country (after San Francisco) to require employers to grant their workers paid sick leave. Legislation to establish minimum standards of paid sick leave in Washington State was introduced in the 2006 legislature. Under D.C.’s Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, […]
Early childhood education in Washington: A continuing conversation
March 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Keep an ear tuned for this, from the Washington News Service: Life is better in Finland – at least, if you’re a preschooler or parent. A group of Washington businesspeople, educators and lawmakers took a fact-finding tour to see why Finland is at the top of so many educational achievement lists. They found that taxes […]
Teachers’ pay continues to slide
March 7, 2008 By 1 Comment
A recent press release from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is titled “Teachers’ pay continues to slide” – which would seem to say it all, but there is more to the story. While legislators are debating an additional 1% increase in teachers’ salaries in this year’s state budget, EPI’s report reveals a large and growing […]
Presidential hopefuls on teacher pay
March 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Two great quotes from guest blogger Sean Corcoran, an economist who teaches at the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU, on Eduwonkette today: “I don’t see why a good teacher should be paid less money than a bad senator… It is unconscionable that the average salary of a lawyer is $79,000 a year and the […]
