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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read:

The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read

Oh, and now the fighting over charters really starts. Neither bill about charters made it out of committee and some people are really steaming.

Here's an AP story.

Business groups have been pushing the bills, and moderate Democrats have signaled they want to see such reforms approved before considering new taxes. Tom accused McAuliffe of simply following the requests of teachers unions and failing to consider the impacts on students.

That seems a bit backwards. Bring on more spending BEFORE you vote in the money to pay for it?

McAuliffe said she and Tom have been negotiating for weeks and have not been