Gregoire: “This is about improving our schools for our children”

Gov. Chris Gregoire held a press conference this morning on her plan to improve Washington’s schools — and be eligible for federal Race to the Top funding in the process.

Gregoire’s plan includes: A early education program called “All Start” that lets parents choose where to send their children for preschool “as long as that preschool is certified.” It would redo the way the state evaluates teachers and would allow the state to intervene with low-performing schools across the state.

On the subject of preschool certification: There are currently no standards and no certification process in the state. Gregoire’s plan calls for the Department of Early Learning to write those standards.

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