Washington State: Gov. Inslee Signs Bill Aiding Gates’ Charter Schools
Washington State has experienced a long history of turmoil over charter schools.
It has held four state referenda over whether they should be allowed in the state. They are opposed by school boards, teachers’ unions, PTAs, and civil rights groups.
Bill Gates and his billionaire clique really wanted the state to have charter schools. So in 2012, they amassed a war chest and outspent the parents, teacher’s, and civil rights groups by a ratio of 17-1. The referendum passed by 1%.
Then the state’s highest court declared that charter schools are not public schools and can’t draw from the public school fund, because they don’t have elected school boards.
Next step, Gates and his friends spend big money to defeat the state court judges that opposed charter schools, but the justices won anyway.
So Gates’ surrogates go to the legislature and seek to get lottery money to support the charters that Bill wants so badly. Eager to please one of the state’s richest people CONTINUE READING: Washington State: Gov. Inslee Signs Bill Aiding Gates’ Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog