The Washington State Parent Teacher Association held its’ 36 th Annual Legislative Assembly this weekend, in Vancouver, Washington.  Ther...

Participation rates increase across all racial subgroups More Washington students than ever are enrolling in college-level courses and t...

OLYMPIA – Washington 11th graders who score at a college-ready level on new assessments this spring will automatically place into college-...

The Legislative Assembly and Advocacy Training event provides opportunities for PTA leadership training, advocacy training and is the venu...

FY2015 officially begins October 1, 2014, with the FY2014 budget set to expire on September 30. Last week, to prevent another government s...

On September 10, 2014, the Washington State Board of Education, in view of its statutory responsibility to provide strategic oversight of ...

Applications now are available to recognize the WSPTA’s Outstanding Advocate to be awarded at the WSPTA Legislative Assembly on October 24...

Over the past week, you have probably read in the newspaper or received a letter from your school district explaining Washington state’s lo...

WSPTA is saddened by the number of recent shootings that have taken place at schools across our country. Our mission states that PTA is a ...

Because of you, Washington State PTA was successful in working to promote key aspects of Senate Bill 6552 during the 2014 legislative sess...

National PTA recently released a Common Core video series to educate parents on the standards and empower them to support the transition ...

The 2014 Legislature passed the College and Career Ready Diploma as part of E2SSB 6552. The State Board of Education is accepting public c...

Registration is now open for the Smarter Balanced Online Panel , giving parents of school-age children an opportunity to weigh in on th...

PTA members interested in the rules to be written to implement E2SSB 6552 may wish to attend the meeting this Friday (by webinar or in pe...

This morning, the E-Wire woke up rushed thinking that he needed to be down in Olympia for * enter important legislative hearing * then rea...

Last evening was Sine Die – the End of the Regularly Scheduled Legislative Session. The agreed upon budget has been released, voted ...

Hi folks, The E-Wire has had a rough week trying to keep priority PTA Bills in play down in Olympia. Veteran lobbyist, Nick Federici, ...

The E-Wire is down in Olympia today hunting for clues and reading tea leaves on a variety of bills of interest to PTA members.  Among the ...

Good afternoon,   Two stories are hitting the top of the E-Wire this morning.  The first is the passage of PTA supported House Bill 27...

Guess what happened over the weekend?  Yes, the Senate pulled together a series of bills to move forward on the Transportation Budget.  S...