“Too much of the current education policy making happens without any meaningful parent input, and often in complete opposition to parents’ priorities and
Category: Legislation
House Representative Santos and “Personal Finance”: House Bill 1121
Washington State Representative Santos was a primary sponsor for yet another nonsensical bill, House Bill 1121. From the Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA)
The 32nd, 34th, 36th and the 37th Democratic Legislative Districts passed resolutions opposing mayoral control
So far the 37th Democratic Legislative District unanimously passed a resolution opposing the bill that would allow the mayor to appoint two members to the
House Bill 2048: Re-segregation through legislation
Apartheid (… an Afrikaans word meaning “the state of being apart”, literally “apart-hood”) was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through
If you are an educator, sign this open letter to Congress and the Obama administration about test-focused reforms by February 20, 2015
…and if you are a parent, teacher, student or concerned citizen in the great state of Washington, contact Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s
Apartheid House Bill 1860: No one wants to split Seattle in two except for Reps. Santos, Pettigrew and oh yeah… Magendanz. Remember him?
There is another whacked bill that was dropped last week by Representative Eric Pettigrew along with House Education Committee Chairperson Sharon Tomiko Santos. We’re still scratching
League of Women Voters’ testimony on mayoral control House Bill 1497
The following was testimony given by Catherine Ahl, Education Chair for the League of Women Voters of Washington at the hearing for HB
House Rep. Eric Pettigrew, House Bill 1497, mayoral control and the money
The cities where our foundation has put the most money in is where there’s a single person responsible. In New York, Chicago and Washington,
Parents Across America News: For “Choice Week,” choose to tell Congress what parents really want
It’s that time of year again, the week corporate reformers have designated as “School Choice Week.” Polls and surveys show that the first choice of
A letter from a concerned citizen about Proposition 1B and a City of Seattle Department of Education
“For the fourth year in a row, the state auditor’s office has slammed the Seattle’s Human Services Department over its management of grant funds.” I
Parents Across America’s 2014 Priority Issues: Positive, progressive reforms that work
In preparation for the Parents Across America Annual Meeting which will be held in DC next month, a list of priorities have been determined by the board
Parents OPPOSE HR 10, the “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools” bill
There is a bill titled “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools”, referred to as HR 10, to rewrite federal charter law that has strong
