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The Washington Education Budget After McCleary: A Longitudinal Study of Court-Ordered Education Finance Reform
(2019)The purpose of this study is to analyze the policy response of the Washington State Legislature to the order handed down by the State Supreme Court in McCleary v. State of Washington to reform the education finance system. ... -
Washington Initiative 200 (1998): How the proponents’ policy narratives supported by academic data
(2023)Washington states passed the Initiative 200 in 1998, which prohibited government from discriminating or granting preferential treatments on basis of sex, gender, color or nationality origins in public education, employment ... -
Washington State Surplus, Creating a Larger Return on Investment of Tax Payer Dollars
(2016)The topic of this study is Washington State vehicle surplus and whether a higher yield on tax payer investment in the purchase, sale and use of state motor vehicles can be achieved. The hypothesis that will be addressed ... -
Water reclamation in Washington State: an analytical review of WAC 173-219
(2011)The purpose of this paper is to identify the implications of the proposed changes to water rights impairment analysis and the impacts on transaction costs for water reclamation facilities. Will the new impairment analysis ... -
Water's Work
Water’s Work is a playful exploration of lyric poetry, etymology, and sound. The poems in this collection use repetition, often through off-rhyme, alliteration and consonance, to mimic the rhythm of water and its propelling ... -
“We need to teach students how to make the change...” Dreams and realities of climate and sustainability action in Seattle Public Schools
(2021)Today’s K-12 students face a future more uncertain and perilous than any living generation has faced. Climate change is no longer abstract; human activity has already caused around 1.1-1.2℃ of warming, disrupting human ... -
We/Me
University of Washington Abstract We/Me Kaitlin Young Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Assistant Professor, Amaranth Borsuk School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences We/Me uses hand-stitched poems to explore how ... -
—WEYOUI—
[artist statement] WEYOUI want for words words written/uttered by others words forged/apparating in our own minds/mouths words clutched carefully/vehemently to validate, to soothe, to encourage words connecting us across ... -
What are the critical indicators of effectiveness of a VGAL? An evaluation of the Snohomish County Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem Program
(2015)The child welfare system in the United States is experiencing an increasing number of cases of abused and neglected children and a lack of Volunteers Guardian Ad Litem (VGALs) available for each case. A VGAL is a court-appointed ... -
What Blooms in the Dark
This manuscript was born underground. Following an obsession with roots and soil, these poems appeared one by one—as if pushing up from single seeds, surrounded in dampness. This collection of poetry is one that dives into ... -
What is Initiative 135 for Social Housing and What Does it Mean for Housing in the City of Seattle? An exploration of perceptions of I-135 and what people in the City of Seattle think that the impact will be
(2023)This is a report which examines Initiative 135 for social housing and seeks to better understand what its impact will have on the City of Seattle through perceptions of others. Issues discussed within this report include ... -
What Policy and Implementation Factors Drive the Variability in Protection and Enhancement of the North Creek Stream Corridor Within Snohomish and King County Washington?
(2019)Twenty years after Washington State's Salmon Recovery Act, the Puget Sound Chinook population continues to decline and is in danger of extinction. Washington State and the federal government has invested over 350 million ... -
Why Are We Doing This? Oh That's Right Rock N' Roll, and Love, and Drugs, and Especially Best Friends! Let's Live Forever A Novella – Live. Smoke. Try Again. A Feature Film – If Not This
Why Are We Doing This? Oh That’s Right Rock N’ Roll, and Love, and Drugs, and Especially Best Friends! Let’s Live Forever. is a two part collection including the novella Live. Smoke. Try Again. and the feature film If Not ... -
Why can’t I have an Orange? Public-‐Private sector policy and fresh produce production in Nigeria
(2015)It is widely believed that healthy diets rich in fruits and vegetables (F&Vs) offer significant benefits for people’s well-being. This is based on the tenet that a nourishing diet must contain varieties from several food ... -
Words from a Broken World
Words from a Broken World is a collection of stories and poems grown from conversations with Somali women in diaspora who are in search of a sense of belonging and a desire to convey both transnational and cosmopolitan ...