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These changes increase the number of federal agencies with overight of Kโ€“12 education five-fold, undoubtedly creating confusion and duplicity for the educators,  administrators, and families across the nation who engage with U.S. Department of Education staff regularly. Chris Reykdal State Superintendent

State Superintendent Chris Reykdalโ€™s Statement on the Trump Administrationโ€™s Efforts to Move Education Programs to Unrelated Federal Agencies

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the work of several offices within the Department would be transferred to other federal agencies. Below is Stateโ€ฆ
Nov 18, 2025
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State Superintendent Chris Reykdal Begins Term as National Association Leader

OLYMPIAโ€”November 13, 2025โ€”Tomorrow, State Superintendent Chris Reykdal will begin his term as President of the Council of Chief State Schoolโ€ฆ
Nov 13, 2025
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New Data Show Washington Students Continue to Outperform Their Peers Across the Country in College Readiness Assessments

OLYMPIAโ€”October 16, 2025โ€”Washingtonโ€™s Kโ€“12 public school students are outperforming their peers nationwide when it comes to college readiness, according to recently released dataโ€ฆ
Oct 16, 2025
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State Superintendent Chris Reykdalโ€™s Statement on the U.S. Department of Educationโ€™s Layoffs of Staff that Support Vulnerable Students and Families

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education announced another massive reduction-in-force within the offices that support some of the nationโ€™s most vulnerable students. Below isโ€ฆ
Oct 13, 2025
Gabriela Whitemarsh Named 2026 State Teacher of the Year and Maryan Abdow Named 2025 Classified School Employee of the Year holding awards

Gabriela Whitemarsh Named 2026 State Teacher of the Year and Maryan Abdow Named 2025 Classified School Employee of the Year

OLYMPIAโ€”September 27, 2025โ€”Educators and their families from across Washington state gathered at Capital High School in Olympia this morning for the Educator of the Year ceremonyโ€ฆ
Sep 27, 2025
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State Test Scores Show Continued Improvement in Math and English Language Arts

OLYMPIAโ€”September 10, 2025โ€”In a press conference from the Old Capitol Building in Olympia today, State Superintendent Chris Reykdal shared important data about student learningโ€ฆ
Sep 10, 2025

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