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Democrats join with Republicans in Washington State to demand charter schools, but Gov. Gregoire declares an intention to veto any move towards charters.
Charter schools are back on the agenda in Olympia, Washington.
When it comes to improving public education, Republicans generally call for reforms and Democrats generally call for more money. This means charter schools, which are basically a reform, are more often something that Republicans push.
However, three Democrats have now joined Republicans in Washington in getting behind the idea of charter school reform, recognizing that something needs to be done about the failing state of public education. One of the crossovers is Rodney Tom, who has joined in the call for charter schools to be part of the final budget package. Charter school reform was already a sticking point in passing a budget, and with some Democrats now defecting from the party line. Now there is less chance of the Republicans conceding the issue, and other Democrats look equally unlikely to give ground.
“They have mixed results around the country,” said Lisa Brown, D-Spokane. “I think it’s a distraction, and putting a new bill on the table in a special session doesn’t make sense to me.”
The charter school movement is gaining ground nationally as they put emphasis on student achievement, and the public is increasingly looking at alternatives to a public education system where more and more children are being left behind. Labor unions continue to criticize charters, considering them a means of bypassing tenure and circumventing the unions’ influence because they hire mainly non-union teachers.
Democrat Governor Chris Gregoire is incensed over the defections and attempted to head off the moves last week by making it clear that such discussion was a waste of time while she was in office.
“Suddenly putting charter schools into this budget and not funding bills that they passed is a waste of time, and just so they know, I promise to veto it, so get over it, get on with it,” said Gregoire. “Get me a budget.”
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March 23rd, 2012
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Maybe Gregoire should listen to her constituents instead of her party bosses. People want charter schools. Opposing them is going to do her a lot of harm come election day.
the only people that want charters are those who want to destroy public education, which incidentally tends not to be the people whose children are in it.
Hardly. In another story, the Desert Lake parents are looking to take over their school and turn it into a charter. Clearly, since they are parents, they have children in that school. There are public schools so atrocious that a parent would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to want to pull their kids out and put them somewhere better.
your assumption that charter schools are better is flawed. and note you said trying, that means plenty of them dont want the change
Plus in another post Joe couldn’t tell if his kids school was good or not without a government report.
I went to a charter school in Oregon, which offered students the opportunity to pursue an IB Diploma. Aside from my charter school, there were two others within the same building that tailored to students needs and interests. I did extremely well in high school and our graduation rates (in the charter) were SIGNIFICANTLY higher. I think charter schools give parents and schools the opportunity to make their schools fit the community’s needs and surpass these benchmarks even further. If the charter is ran efficiently, it will be a success. You cannot just expect it to work with flaws in its charter.