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Op-Ed: Why Teachers Will Love Charter Schools
By Liv Finne Washington Policy Center Bob Dean is a public school teacher and a supporter of Initiative 1240, the ballot measure to allow public charter schools in Washington. He is the head of his school's Math Department, teaches Advanced...
The Yakima Herald Endorses YES on 1240 – A Tool to Improve Our Public Schools
... A charter school is a public school that is open to all students but operates independently of district management and administrative rules. The rest of the nation doesn’t share this state’s aversion to the concept; about 5,600 charter schools...
I-1240 Draws Support from Former Charter School Opponent
Sixteen years ago, in another chilly October, parent and school-levy volunteer Lisa Macfarlane managed a phone bank for the anti-charter-school campaign. Back then, Macfarlane believed charters — the privately run, publicly funded schools that were...
Longview Daily News: YES on 1240 to Strengthen Teaching and Improve Student Performance
...[I-1240] would allow up to 40 charter schools to be instituted statewide over the next five years. Compared to the 2,325 public schools that exist now, it would be a small number of charter schools. The need for educational innovation is large,...
Voters Should Approve I-1240 to ‘Create More Opportunities for Children to Learn’
... Charter schools are publicly funded, independent schools established by teachers, parents or community groups that abide by terms of a charter with a local or state authority. ... Performance ultimately comes down to the transfer of knowledge...
Beyond the Debate: Public Charter Schools Part of Overall Solution for Public Education
...[I-1240] supporters say Washington is ready now to join the 41 other states that offer families the charter choice. Voters will have a say, again, when they rule on Initiative 1240 on the Nov. 6 ballot. “Every family ought to have access to at...
Kitsap Sun Endorses YES on 1240!
Initiative 1240: This measure would open the door slightly to publicly funded charter schools. If approved, it would authorize up to 40 schools in the state, operated by nonprofit organizations and overseen by a state commission or local school...
Past Issaquah PTSA President: Our Kids Can’t Wait – Vote YES on 140
As a public school parent and a past President of the Issaquah PTSA Council, I know firsthand that our traditional public school system does a good job for many students but fails to meet the needs of far too many others — thousands of students are...
Education Researchers Find Ample Evidence Public Charter Schools Can Help Our Students Do Better
SEATTLE – Washington’s voters will in November again decide whether to allow charter schools in Washington... The writers of the ballot measure that would allow the independent public schools to get a foothold in Washington say they designed their...