Paraeducator Handbook Now Available

The Paraeducator Handbook is for both new and experienced paraeducators. It is a resource developed to support paraeducators in their critical role working with students and staff. Read More >>

Superintendent's Statement

Statement by State Superintendent Randy Dorn on Gov. Gregoire’s proposed 2010 supplemental budget:

OLYMPIA -- December 9, 2009 - Gov. Gregoire struggled mightily to develop her budget, and I commend her on that. I know that she’s required to deliver a balanced budget in December, and she has indicated that she will produce a revised budget in January. Read More >>

WATCH D.O.G.S.®

WATCH D.O.G.S.® is the father involvement initiative of the NATIONAL CENTER FOR FATHERING that was founded by Jim Moore, a concerned father who chose to take action in response to a 1998 middle-school shooting in Jonesboro, AR. Moore wanted to help prevent violence from occurring at his children's school or at any school. Read More >>

Text Comprehension Instruction

Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand what they are reading, they are not really reading. Good readers are both purposeful (they have a reason to read) and active (they think to make sense of what they read). Read More >>

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

— Hannah Moore (writer)