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Public schools are often a media target for bad news, real or fictitious – so it’s good to see someone highlight public school successes that might otherwise go unnoticed and unproclaimed. Such are the immersion language schools in Seattle. If your child goes to the John Stanford Elementary School or Hamilton Middle School, she can [...]
A good education is the key to a shot at the American Dream. So it’s puzzling to see the Seattle School Board pulling the rug out from under hundreds of school-kids by raising tuition for full-day kindergarten by 15% (to $2,720 per year) – on the heels of an even-steeper 31% increase last year. Even [...]
The Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR) has proposed Administrative Rules for the City Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance – you can see them here: http://www.cityofseattle.net/civilrights/SickLeave.htm. Public comment will be taken until Monday, April 30, 2012. Your input will be used to shape the final language of the Rules, which define terms used in [...]
A growing body of evidence shows that a minimum standard for paid sick days would not only improve people’s health – it would also save the nation’s bottom line. According to a recent report published by the National Institutes of Health: the absence of certain workplace policies, such as paid sick leave, confers a population-attributable [...]
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