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Friday, May 11, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Fighting Back For Our Schools - It Works!

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Fighting Back For Our Schools - It Works!:


Fighting Back For Our Schools - It Works!

On the heels of Seattle public school parents pushback of a new transportation plan (pushed without input or announcement from/to parents), we have some other winning strategies.

The Alabama Legislature, fighting back against a far-reaching charter school bill, defeated it today with just one day left in their regular session.   Alabama is one of the mighty nine states to say no to charters.

From AL.com:
Dr. Henry Mabry, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association, consistently told lawmakers during the session that the state didn’t need a dual system of schools when it couldn’t afford to adequately fund the single system it has.

“We don’t need to dilute even further the precious little funding for our elementary and secondary students to