Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: From the Reuven Carlyle Blog

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: From the Reuven Carlyle Blog:

From the Reuven Carlyle Blog

Rep. Reuven Carlyle often speaks about education at his blog. When school started, he wrote a thoughtful thread about his concerns and hopes for education (and gave a shout-out to this blog). He has a real vested interest:

My eldest daughter enters Ballard High School as a freshman, my second daughter enters seventh grade at Salmon Bay, my son enters fifth grade at the new Queen Anne Elementary School, and my five year old daughter–the boss of the house– might as well be a freshman at Stanford University.

He expresses worry over the state economic forecast and what it might mean for education spending.

More than 41% of all state government spending is on public education at the K-12 level. The pressure to make