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A lesson by a Seattle teacher on charter schools | Seattle Education

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A lesson by a Seattle teacher on charter schools

A week after the State Supreme Court found the state’s “paramount duty” unfulfilled, we find a misdirected group of Olympia legislators pushing charter school legislation. Again, for the 4th time, because voters have already rejected previous legislation 3 times.

This, really, is their solution to the funding crisis in public education?

So, time for a lesson, Washington. First, let’s review.

1) On the whole, charter schools provide no better (and, just as often, worse) educational outcomes than