The League of Education Voters Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to engaging ordinary citizens, educators, policymakers, and the media in the effort to provide a quality education for all students in Washington State from preschool through college.

  • Washington State Board of Education

    The State Board of Education will consider changing Washington's high school graduation requirements to better align with college and university admissions criteria.  We need your voice to ensure Washington's students graduate from high school prepared for college, job training and the workforce.  Click here to view a draft agenda.

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    The League of Education Voters Foundation (LEVF) proposed major reforms to Washington's public education system at the Basic Education Finance Task Force meeting Tuesday, June 10.  View the full proposal and our presentation slides.

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    Thank you for joining us for the presentation and conversation with Kati Haycock, President of Education Trust.  Click here to view the presentation Kati gave on improving achievement and closing gaps between groups of students.

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Top News

06.27.08

Poll: Schools not properly preparing kids

It's not much of a report card.

Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force. Even more feel that way about the skills kids need to survive as adults, an Associated Press poll released Friday finds.

Click here to read more

Report: Reading First Impact Study

This preliminary study found that, on average, children in Reading First programs are not reading any better than those who are not. The final report on Reading First is due in 2009 and will include an additional year of data.

Click here to see the full report.