The Road Map for Education Results

News and Research

The Seattle Times, February 17, 2012

Nearly 2,000 teachers across King County received grants for classroom expenses from a recently-finished Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campaign, the organization announced Thursday. Some 200,000 students benefited from the grants, which totaled half a million dollars, according to a news release. The campaign began in October.

The Seattle Times, February 6, 2012

Jessica Virk knew she wanted to go to college but worried that her family wouldn’t have the money to pay for it. In eighth grade, when she heard about the newly created state College Bound Scholarship program, she jumped at the chance to sign up.

The Seattle Times, January 24, 2012

High-school seniors in the College Bound Scholarship program, and all other seniors looking for financial aid for college, can get help filling out the federal student-aid application at free workshops through Jan. 31. Because of last week’s snow and ice storms, a number of the free College Goal Sunday workshops were rescheduled or canceled.


Is a college degree or career credential important ?

How many parents in South Seattle and South King County think education beyond high school is important?
  1. 31%
  2. 96%
  3. 73%

“We urgently need to improve education results in South King County, and that will only be possible with a strong strategic framework."

— Dow Constantine,

King County Executive


The Need

  • Over 50%
    of Washington’s children are not ready to succeed when they enter kindergarten
  • 46th
    Washington State’s rank in the nation for odds of going to college by the age of 19
  • 67%
    of Washington jobs will require postsecondary degree by 2018

About the Project

We are building a community partnership project aimed at dramatically increasing student achievement—cradle to college and career in South Seattle and South King County. All stages of education are important – from early learning through college/career – and all need improvement and innovation.

Our community is responding to this need by developing The Road Map for Education Results. Hundreds of organizations and individuals - a broad coalition of community groups, schools, districts, educators, elected official and more - are contributing to and partnering with the Road Map Project. We know it is possible to get great results and we are committed to doing whatever it takes.

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Supremes Get It Right for Kids

History has been made today, great history that will benefit the children of our state–for generations.

The Washington State Supreme court hit a home run of an opinion today when they essentially affirmed the strong lower court ruling by Judge John Erlick, which declared that the State had failed to fund basic education in a manner consistent with its paramount constitutional duty.


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