Monday, January 2, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislation

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislation:

Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislation

Okay, Happy NewYear and best wishes for everyone's health, safety and happiness

BUT

There's work to be done. First up, charter schools. I am so unhappy to be having to waste my time on this issue but if not, well then we get to see one more layer of bureaucracy at the state level and more dollars exiting our own district. (As if we have the money for either thing to happen without a concrete belief that we will get better academic outcomes.)

Dora Taylor, over at Seattle Education, has written up a very good overview of what is early-state charter law as