Classroom Snapshot: Hidden River Middle School Shifts Culture to Improve Every Student’s Success

Classroom - Student

When Brett Wille began as the principal at Hidden River Middle School in Monroe five years ago, he and his staff set out to create a culture shift. He saw an opportunity to improve the...

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High School and Beyond Plan: 101

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Who am I? What can I become? How will I become that? These are questions many of us ask throughout our lives — starting at an early age and, often, continuing through adulthood. Here at Ready Washington,...

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Classroom Snapshot: “What is your *WHY* statement?”

Bellingham High School - Institution

Getting the correct answer is not the main goal in James Yoos’ Quantitative Chemistry class at Bellingham High School. On a recent Tuesday morning, as students learned about trends of the periodic table of elements,...

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Parents Partner with Ready WA to Design New Resource About Science Education

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What information is most important for parents to know to support their students in science classes? This is a question that Ready Washington posed to a group of Spanish-speaking middle school parents in the Northshore...

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Administrator Fact Sheet: Washington State Science Learning Standards

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Washington is home to a diverse economy with a broad range of industries, many of which will require knowledge in science, technology, engineering and math. Since school administrators play a key role in ensuring quality...

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Why Standards and Assessments Matter for our Students

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Today’s students are graduating into an exciting and demanding job market. Washington state is expected to have more than 700,000 job openings in the next five years—good news for high school students. A majority of...

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