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House Bill 2428: The charter school bill
House Bill 2428, “An act relating to establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools”. That’s a very long way of saying “publicly funded, privately operated charter schools” o… more →
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Parents Across America to WA State Supt. of Public Instruction Randy Dorn: 1240 is Unconstitutional
wrote 2 months ago: Dec. 5, 2012 To Superintendent Dorn: Parents Across America of Washington State, the local chapters … more →
WASHINGTON: Teachers union should withdraw suit to block charter schools
wrote 4 months ago: THE state teachers union should not sue over Washington’s new charter schools law. A courtroom battl … more →
WASHINGTON: Dorn lobbies for amendment to charter school law
wrote 4 months ago: Randy Dorn (Photo: AP) Randy Dorn, Washington State’s top schools official, is asking state legislat … more →
Local High School Teacher Named Best In State
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wrote 8 months ago: SEATTLE (AP) — A science teacher at Zillah High School in Zillah near Yakima, has been named Washing … more →
WA Students Show Math and Science Improvement
wrote 8 months ago: SEATTLE (AP) — Statewide test results released Wednesday show more Washington state students are pas … more →
House Bill 2428: The charter school bill
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wrote 1 year ago: House Bill 2428, “An act relating to establishing alternative forms of governance for certain publi … more →
Proposed House Bill 1609: More of the Same But Worse
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wrote 2 years ago: Recently I described proposed Senate Bill 5399 which was about firing teachers when there are to be … more →
Is Washington State government trying to jump on the ed reform bandwagon of failure?
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wrote 2 years ago: Two recent attempts by WA state government to subvert democracy in order to potentially push an ed r … more →
Forget "Mayoral Control", WA governor has begun her own efforts for a takeover of public education
wrote 2 years ago: It is hard to miss headlines documenting enormously powerful mayoral offices “iron-fisting … more →
>UPDATE - Shifting Expectations of the School Institution
wrote 3 years ago: >I wrote this in a discussion with my classmates who were discussing the need for parental involv … more →
>Needed: New Expectations
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wrote 3 years ago: >If you were to make a graph of the appropriate closeness of a teacher to a student, it would be … more →
>Letter From State Superintendent Randy Dorn
wrote 3 years ago: >On February 23rd, partnership4learning.org posted a newsletter with a letter written by the Stat … more →
Random thoughts before a week of light blog posting
wrote 3 years ago: Since I began my blog in earnest I’ve made hundreds of posts (usually once a day), received th … more →
State Superintendent Of Public Instruction Randy Dorn Wants More Federal Control Of Classrooms
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wrote 4 years ago: Previously, I have stated on this blog that I am a supporter of local schools. I still am. Let me s … more →
