<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Stories From School</title>
	<atom:link href="https://storiesfromschool.org/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://storiesfromschool.org</link>
	<description>Practice Meets Policy</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:36:27 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, March 13, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-march-13-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5382</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday! This week wrapped up the 2026 Legislative Session with the gavel coming down for the last time on Thursday, March 12, which marked Sine Die. The big news this week was the “millionaires tax,” which despite republican resistance from the start, House Democrats were able to send it back to the senate for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, March 6, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-march-6-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5380</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday folks! Hard to believe we are entering the last week of the 2026 Legislative Session. Monday, March 2, was the cut-off for the fiscal committees in the opposite house. To be more specific, it was the last day for the Senate Ways &#38; Means Committee to hear and pass house bills out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, February 27, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-february-27-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5377</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[With another week wrapped up, lawmakers are approaching the last two weeks of the 2026 legislative session. Sine die is scheduled for Thursday, March 12. This time crunch creates increasing pressure on lawmakers who still need to balance the operating, transportation and capital supplemental budgets, on top of passing a variety of policy bills and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update:  Friday, February 20, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-february-20-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5375</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday folks! We have wrapped up another fast-paced week in Olympia, and with that brought the end to a number of education related bills that never made it out of their respective rules committees. Tuesday, February 17, was the house of origin cut-off, and bills that were not passed out of their original chamber [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, February 13, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-february-13-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5372</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We made it to the end of week 5 and it was one full of long hearings and bill cut-offs. Over the weekend, fiscal committees in both chambers held marathon hearings and executive sessions, doing their best to move as many bills out of committee by Monday’s cut-off date, all the while feeling the constraints [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update:  Friday, February 6, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-february-6-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5369</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Legislators faced their first cut-off of the 2026 legislative session. Wednesday, February 4, was the policy committee cut-off. Bills that did not get “exec’d,” and passed onto to their respective rules or fiscal committees are considered dead and will not move forward this session. Due to the budgetary constraints, and necessary cuts, lawmakers were forced [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update:  Friday, January 30, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-january-30-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5365</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday folks! The first cut-off of the 2026 legislative session is rapidly approaching. Next Wednesday, February 4th, is the policy committee House of Origin cut-off date. This means both education policy committees need to have heard, voted and passed bills out of committee, and into their respective rules or fiscal committees, by end of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, January 23, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-january-23-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5363</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In honor of Martin Luther King Day, many of us enjoyed Monday off. However, lawmakers in Olympia were hard at work. The House Education Committee held a public hearing on Monday, touching on topics ranging from firearm policy to expanding access of albuterol in public schools. The pace of the shorter sessions are striking, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislative Update: Friday, January 16, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/legislative-update-friday-january-16-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[districts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5360</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Written by Samantha Miller Happy Friday folks! The official start of the 2026 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 12th. This session will run approximately 60 days, with Sine Die scheduled for Thursday, March 12th. 2026 marks the country’s 250th anniversary, and as the gavel came down opening ceremonies commenced. However, there is anticipation that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pre-Session Update: January 9, 2026</title>
		<link>https://storiesfromschool.org/pre-session-update-january-9-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSTP Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[districts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://storiesfromschool.org/?p=5357</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! We are back and ready to keep you updated on the ins-and-outs of this year’s legislative session. The official start of the 2026 Washington State Legislative session is Monday, January 12th. Washington State’s legislative cycles are two years in length and within that cycle there are two types of sessions: regular and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
