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Governor signs educational opportunity gap bill

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1541 into law on March 30 at Aki Kurose Middle School in Seattle. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (D–Seattle), would implement strategies to close the educational opportunity gaps, and requires schools to collect and report data by Asian ethnicities so educators will have a better understanding […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, Aki Kurose Middle School, HB, House Bill, Jay Inslee, Seattle, Sharon Tomiko Santos, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15

Lawmakers grapple with nutrition bills as WA gets unappetizing report card

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Arlene Kiyomi Dennistoun Northwest Asian Weekly “Washington is quickly in a race to the bottom when it comes to ensuring our low-income students have the food they need to start the school day fueled and ready to learn,” said Carrie Glover, senior policy manager at Within Reach. Glover was one of several advocates supporting […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Alyssa Dahl, Asian Pacific Islander, Carrie Glover, Christina Wong, Claire Lane, During House, HB, Highline School District, Highline Schools Superintendent, Nathan Olson, OSPI, School Breakfast Scorecard, South King County, Southern Heights Elementary School, Superintendent Dorn, Susan Enfield, WA, Within Reach, poverty

Educational disparities — Data key to closing gap?

March 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

University of Washington (UW) sophomore Janilla Augofie takes pride in being the first member in her family to go to college. But despite this accomplishment, Augofie has struggled in silence while navigating the educational system.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, African American, Alaska Native, Alma Ramiro Alonzo, American Indian, Education, HB, Holly Barker, House Bill, Janilla Augofie, Laos, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islander, Polynesian Outreach Program, Southeast Asian, Thailand, UW, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, White House

AAPI leaders meet with Gov. Inslee to discuss pressing issues

February 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 26, a delegation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders went to Olympia to meet with Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee and state legislators to raise awareness on the following issues: Supporting the Clean Air Rule & organizing around climate justice (initiative 732) Closing the K-12 opportunity and achievement gap (HB 1541) Supporting the […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, Asian American, Asian Pacific Cultural Center, HB, Jay Inslee, SB, Vol 35 No 6 | February 6 - February 12

Boundless Steps Ahead — An internship with the Southeast Asian Education Coalition opened doors

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly As a closing of one chapter, an adventurous and thrilling internship with the Southeast Asian Education (SEAeD) Coalition nears its end, I was asked what are my next steps? My name is Sam Le and I am a current student at the University of Washington pursuing a Bachelor’s in […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, HB, House Bill, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, Sam Le, Social Welfare, Southeast Asian Education Coalition, Tony Vo, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Washington State

Beyond McCleary — Education opportunity: Equal but Unequal? Legislators tackling student-achievement gap

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alice Day WNPA Olympia News Bureau Advocates for minority and low-income students are urging legislators to take a closer look at the state’s McCleary obligation to ensure that all students are given equal and ample opportunity to achieve in school. One bill would require state agencies to assess the potential negative impacts of education […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, African American Black, American Indian Alaska Native, English Language Learners Accountability Task Force, HB, House Bill, House Education Committee Chair Rep, King County Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, Lillian Ortiz-Self, Native Hawaiian, Pramila Jayapal, Senate Bill, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Solid Ground, Tony Lee, Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

VOICES FROM THE YOUTH: Cake analogies and human rights

September 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katie Wong SYLP Equal rights can also be referred to as human rights (rights held by everyone without the restriction of the government.) Only nineteen out of the fifty states in the United States recognize same-sex marriage. Several states have tried to bar federal

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Africa, Asia, Canada, DOMA, HB, Kansas House Bill, LGBTQAPI, New York, Questioning Queer, Russia, SYLP, SYLP 2014, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 33 No 37 | September 6 - September 12, adoption

EDITORIAL: Trafficking demands attention on May Day

May 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Our recent International Workers’ Day was not without incident. And no, we’re not talking about the broken windows and rioting. We’re talking about an event that was overshadowed by those disturbances. On May 1, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and other anti-human trafficking advocates spoke at a press conference held in Olympia to highlight 12 recently enacted […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, Emma Catague, Filipino, HB, International Workers Day, Sutapa Basu, Suzanna Blackwell, Task Force, UW, Velma Veloria, Vol 31 No 19 | May 5 - May 11, attention

EDITORIAL: HB 2801 is deadly to local newspapers

March 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

House Bill 2801 was scheduled for a hearing on Feb. 29. It is a bill that has instilled fear and anger in news publishers.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, HB, King County, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pulse Research, Vol 31 No 10 | March 3 - March 9, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

PSIDCPDA urges voters to amend and bring 2ESHB 2912 to a floor vote

March 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Pioneer Square/International District Community Preservation and Development Authority (PSIDCPDA) urges voters to bring 2ESHB 2912 to the Senate floor for a vote and amend it to include dedicated funding for community preservation and development authorities, as included in the version of the bill passed by the House.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Chris Marr, Ed Murray, HB, International District, Lisa Brown, PSIDCPDA, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Senate Democratic Caucus Leadership, State Legislature, Tracey Eide, Vol 29 No 10 | March 6 - March 12

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