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As an involved parent of students who attend public schools, and as an active member of the Parent-Teacher Association both locally and statewide, I'm a strong supporter of our public school system and its teachers. That's why I support a "yes" vote on Initiative...
Initiative 1240 would allow Washington to participate in a small educational experiment. It would allow creation of 40 charter schools over five years, or eight new schools per year. They would be public schools subject to all the pertinent state regulations and...
As a Bellingham Public School District special education teacher and aide, I understand firsthand the importance of choosing and receiving the customized learning experiences that students with special needs deserve. Across our country, research has shown that public...
As a proud graduate of Tacoma Public Schools, an advocate for public education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state’s future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for Initiative 1240. Studies show that public charter schools help...
The Washington public school system needs more innovation, especially to meet the needs of low-income, high-risk children from communities of color struggling in traditional public schools. Initiative 1240 provides an avenue for inventive approaches to education...
...[I]t’s time, finally, for Washington voters to approve charter schools by saying yes to Initiative 1240. Education is not about teachers, or schools, or school systems, it’s about children; students no more alike than the stubby snowflakes pasted to classroom...
The top priority of most citizens in Washington state is to improve education. It’s the right priority. And this is why it makes sense for the voters to embrace Initiative 1240, which would allow charter schools to be established. Charter schools will not be a panacea...
The measure would authorize the creation of up to 40 charter schools, public schools freed from many bureaucratic regulations. They are commonly launched and governed by teachers and parents who believe their local schools are failing their students.
Washington state is failing too many of its 1 million public-school children. Despite an on-time graduation rate of 76.6 percent for the class of 2011, overall nearly one in four students do not graduate on time. Of those who do, too many are unprepared for college-level work. …