The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Find resources for the February 14th, 2023 special election in Washington State in this Cascadia Advocate post. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Election Day, Reminder to Vote, WA-Ballot, WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Early February 2022 special election results are in here in Washington State's most populous county, and they look good for schools and essential public services almost across the board, with only a couple of exceptions. |
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| Published at: | 9:24 PM on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Election Night |
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| Excerpt: | After a long stretch of at-home learning and remote teaching due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year's school board races throughout King County gave voters the opportunity to decide who should have responsibility for overseeing the administration of many of the state's biggest school districts. |
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| Published at: | 10:29 PM on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Emma Goolsby |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Schools |
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| Excerpt: | Majorities or near majorities of voters in Seattle are not sure who they're supporting for school board yet. Among those who have a preference, Vivian Song Maritz, Michelle Sarju, and Brandon K. Hersey are the favorites. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | The returns so far suggest people across the Evergreen State understand the importance of investing in the public services that make our communities strong. |
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| Published at: | 8:20 PM on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Education, Elections, Healthcare, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Voter Turnout, WA-Local |
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| Excerpt: | Read our analysis of preliminary returns in the February 12th, 2019 special election for school districts in King County. |
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| Published at: | 8:37 PM on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Schools |
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| Excerpt: | Grassroots education advocates in Seattle can take comfort in early results for this year’s contests for school board positions. Emerald City voters are enthusiastically backing a trio of candidates whose commitment to public schools is not in doubt. In the contest for Position #4, Washington’s Paramount Duty cofounder Eden Mack is truly cleaning up with an […] |
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| Published at: | 11:50 PM on Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Schools |
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| Excerpt: | A reminder to all Cascadia Advocate readers who live in Washington that today is Election Day! Tonight, at 8 PM, is the the deadline to return ballots in the first of two special election periods scheduled to be held this year. We really ought to do away with special elections altogether and save a lot of […] |
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| Published at: | 3:54 PM on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Schools |
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| Excerpt: | Earlier this year, Washington legislators rejected a demand from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to require teacher evaluations to be based, in part, on student test scores. One of the primary threats Duncan used in demanding Washington State force schools to teach to the test was that if this change was not made, the state […] |
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| Published at: | 1:17 PM on Thursday, August 7th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Robert Cruickshank |
| Categories: | Education |
| Other Tags: | Testing & Evaluation |
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| Excerpt: | It looks like another incumbent school board member may end up getting ousted by Seattle voters, after it initially appeared that only one would lose his job. Though he was able to maintain an edge in the contest for school board director in District #1 for nearly a week, incumbent Peter Maier is now in serious […] |
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| Published at: | 6:06 PM on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Schools |
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