PTA wants state to reconsider charter schools
The Washington PTA wants charter schools to be a part of the state's education reform agenda, even though the idea has twice been rejected by voters and repeatedly shot down by lawmakers.
The Associated Press
Thinking of taking classes online? Find an accredited degree program. Look for... (October 20, 2011, by cherylbullock) Read moreThe Washington PTA wants charter schools to be a part of the state's education reform agenda, even though the idea has twice been rejected by voters and repeatedly shot down by lawmakers.
PTA members from around the state added charter public schools to their agenda when they met last weekend near Seattle. The organization's policy brief on the issue says the independent schools are an effective tool against the achievement gap.
"This is an additional way of looking at schools and what we need to be doing differently," Shelley Kloba, the Washington PTA's state legislative director, said Thursday. She emphasized that the charter school issue
