Purchasing Programs in Washington


DigitalEdge

As classrooms, meeting spaces and other learning environments become equipped with digital-age technology, it’s important to be able to get great pricing on technologies that will help to improve learning and presentations. The DigitalEdge purchasing program at ESD 112 utilizes the power of numbers to bring the cost down on technology products and audio-visual equipment, and in these tough financial times, all K-12 schools, colleges and universities, libraries, public and governmental agencies can use a little help in making their dollars stretch a little further. Products on the DigitalEdge product and price list have been competitively bid.

Washington Learning Source

The Washington Learning Source (WLS) is a statewide program developed by Washington's nine regional Educational Service Districts. Our mission is to provide a place for districts to choose products and services that meet their needs and create economic efficiencies through ESD collaboration and a regionally supported delivery model. This website has been created to meet those needs.

Microsoft Select Agreement
Schools may purchase Microsoft products through a statewide contract with Dell. This provides educational institutions the flexibility for volume-based software acquisitions designed to reduce total cost of ownership. The Select License is based on a forecast of the total volume of Microsoft licenses purchased across the state rather than in a single district.

A Featured Teacher

The Wax Museum

The Wax Museum

At Lewis and Clark Middle School in Yakima, WA several teachers met six years ago and decided that they would like to have a culminating project for 8th grade social studies classes. Thus the wax museum project was born. Eric Franz, a special education teacher and participant in the Peer Coaching program, has been the leader of this project since its inception.

Eric Franz
Yakima School District

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