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DOGE Washington Classes continue – no shortage of fraud and waste to uncover…

If you were not in one of our dozen classes we put on earlier this year, never fear, there are more opportunities to learn how to DOGE Washington State. As we’ve discussed for some time on our Video Channel (see below), we are focused on helping train activists on how to become more effective at […] The post DOGE Washington Classes continue – no shortage of fraud and waste to uncover… first appeared on We the Governed.
DOGE Washington Training Now…

As we’ve discussed for some time on our Video Channel (see below), we are focused on helping train activists on how to become more effective at uncovering and exposing fraud, waste, abuse, incompetence, and other ways our state and local governments squander our tax dollars every day. These initial classes help interested people learn how […] The post DOGE Washington Training Now… first appeared on We the Governed.
Panic at the Department of Licensing – Ferguson knows

The Washington State Department of Licensing has been on our radar for over a decade now. They are just another one of these poorly run agencies that always seems to be buried under attempts to pretend they are not as scandal plagued as they are. Normally, the cynic in me doesn’t really expect much to […] The post Panic at the Department of Licensing – Ferguson knows first appeared on We the Governed.
The Left’s Next Gambit – Using Article V Convention of States to End Constitution and Trump

(Disclaimer: I realize this article is long. It is longer than any other article I’ve posted in the last decade. This subject has been on my mind since I worked at the Freedom Foundation over 10 years ago, and first met some of the original Convention of States activists – good people, trying to do […] The post The Left’s Next Gambit – Using Article V Convention of States to End Constitution and Trump first appeared on We the Governed.

Let’s Go Washington

WATCH: Let’s Go Washington appeals ballot impact statement for tax repeal

(The Center Square) - Let’s Go Washington has formally challenged the state attorney general’s recently released Public Investment Impact Disclosure for the initiative to repeal the state's income tax, calling it “government advocacy masked as transparency.” The post WATCH: Let’s Go Washington appeals ballot impact statement for tax repeal first appeared on Let's Go Washington.
Sophie Cunningham Breaks Silence After Storm Co-Owner Confronts Teen Fans: “Truly Embarrassing”

Indiana Fever forward Sophie Cunningham has called the confrontation between a Seattle Storm co-owner and two teenage girls during their WNBA game this week “truly embarrassing.” She noted that disagreement on the participation of transgender individuals in women’s sports is acceptable. The post Sophie Cunningham Breaks Silence After Storm Co-Owner Confronts Teen Fans: “Truly Embarrassing” first appeared on Let's Go Washington.
Let’s Go Washington coalition demands Storm, WNBA answer for co-owner’s blowup at teen girls

Let’s Go Washington and a coalition of women’s rights groups, Olympians and female athletes sent a letter Thursday to Seattle Storm ownership, the WNBA and Climate Pledge Arena leadership demanding real accountability for co-owner Celeste Keaton, who reportedly cursed at two Washington high school girls for holding a sign thanking Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham. The post Let’s Go Washington coalition demands Storm, WNBA answer for co-owner’s blowup at teen girls first appeared on Let's Go Washington.
Let’s Go Washington challenges AG’s ballot warning on income-tax repeal, calls it ‘factually incorrect’

Let’s Go Washington has filed a legal challenge against the Washington Attorney General’s description of Initiative 645, arguing that the state’s proposed ballot disclosure falsely tells voters that repealing the newly enacted income tax would decrease funding for education, healthcare, and other public services. The post Let’s Go Washington challenges AG’s ballot warning on income-tax repeal, calls it ‘factually incorrect’ first appeared on Let's Go Washington.

Southwest Washington Education (K-12)

Screen time

From the Facts They Don’t Teach You The world spent years pushing screens into classrooms. Tablets replaced textbooks. Digital assignments replaced handwritten notes. Schools were told that the future of education was sitting behind a screen. Now some European countries are starting to reverse course. Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Italy, and Denmark are all moving […]
Students can’t read

The crisis of students being unable to read is a measurable, generational collapse in literacy that extends from elementary students lacking phonics to high schoolers who cannot comprehend complex texts. 40% of fourth graders cannot read proficiently, and 32% of twelfth graders scored below Basic on the 2024 NAEP reading assessment, the lowest level since the test began in 1992. […]
Some old-school ideas that worked

From an article at https://1819news.com/culture/jeff-minick-some-old-school-ideas-that-worked Recently I bumbled into the 1962 Spotlight, the yearbook for Boonville High School in Piedmont, N.C. I was in fifth grade that year, and the elementary school, which was on the same property and ran from first through eighth grade, was included in the album. My perusal left me a bit […]
When Free Pre-K Is Worse Than No Pre-K

Today’s article from Intellectual Takeout Dale Farran spent a decade studying over 1,000 kids who went to a state-run pre-kindergarten—and a control group of kids that wanted to, but didn’t get in. She is shocked and dismayed by what she discovered: By 6th grade the pre-K kids were doing worse all around: worse reading, math and […]