This is a one item agenda, grading schools, then transforming the schools with the lowest test scores into charter schools or closing them and providing
Category: Legislation
Stand for Children’s Litzow is at it again. This time he wants to grade schools…so they can be closed and turned into charter schools
From the WSSDA Legislative Update SSB 5328 would create a pilot program school A-F grading system for the 2013-14 school year, with full implementation in
Legislation Alert: Student Assessment Bill 5587, Online Learning Bills HB 1431 and HB 1423
SENATE BILL 5587 regarding student assessment (testing, as in high stakes testing) was introduced by Mercer Island Republican Steve Litzow who was backed during his
Legislative Alert: Grading schools (but not charter schools?) (HB 1476), teacher and principal evaluations based on test scores (SB 5246), cashing in on online learning and, of course, ALEC
Unfortunately most of the bills coming from Litzow & Co. are right out of the ALEC playbook. We have watched this happen across the country
The Weekly Update: The 2012 Election Results on Education… so far
Before going through the results of the elections, one last note about the Walton’s. I came across a list of candidates running for election or
Nationwide update on ballot issues re: education
Diane Ravitch has been churning out election results on her blog and I just received this recap from a list serv source. Voters defeated Michigan’s
Parents throughout the US, take note of anti-public school legislation in your state.
This is being re-posted from NYC Public School Parents. The original post, written by Parents Across America Founding MemberLeonie Haimson, was titled: Parents throughout the
ALEC legislators in the state of Washington
Naming and Shaming I was reading this article, Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators in the Nation and decided that
This is why we don’t want charter schools: Louisiana proposed bill allows discrimination
Our state budget has not been resolved and the governor has called for our legislators to return to Olympia tomorrow to come to an agreement
The legislative shell game in Olympia and its roots in the corporate privatization of our public schools
I came across this article that I had saved under “Online Learning” and realized that it needs to see the light of day once again.
Action Alert: Get the charter school clause out of the state budget
Senator Tom with his Republican buddies presented a budget last Thursday which included the K-12 funding that had been agreed to previously but a clause
The Republicans plus Rodney Tom wreak havoc on the Washington State budget and hurt children the most
Senator Rodney Tom is pushing for charter school franchises to be established in the Central District and yet he wants to cut the budget that
