Offering asides, recommended links, blogworthy quotations, and more, In Brief is the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog of world, national, and local politics.
Robert Cruickshank of Washington’s Paramount Duty argues that the Legislature’s response to the McCleary education funding lawsuit fell far short of providing the ample funding for public schools that the Washington State Constitution requires.
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“Repealing capital gains tax would give King County’s uber wealthy a huge, unnecessary tax break,” explains Washington State Budget & Policy Center senior fellow Andy Nicholas.
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“By 2016, more than half of states controlled by Democrats had restored education spending per pupil to 2009 levels, but the same was true in only five of twenty-two states controlled by Republicans.”
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If the Legislature is not prepared to create a carbon tax that is scaled to meet the challenges we face, it will be up to
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“At a time when Washington’s towns and cities were just specks on a map, our state’s founders chose education as our paramount duty. Not roads or railroads. Not jails. They chose schools. So should we,” the Governor declared.
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This special report by the Houston Chronicle’s Brian Rosenthal (formerly of The Seattle Times) is a must-read: “In 2004, the Texas Education Agency arbitrarily decided what percentage of students should get special education services. Today, disabled children across Texas are paying the price.”
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The Seattle Times reports on Washington’s failure to seismically retrofit public schools and ensure schoolchildren in tsunami hazard zones have a way to get to higher ground.
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The Boston Globe tells the story of the McCleary legal case, brought against the State of Washington over the Legislature and governor’s failure to amply provide for the education of the state’s youth as required by Section IX of Washington’s Constitution.
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At my request, legislative leaders agreed during a conference call earlier today to meet with me Monday to begin the necessary and difficult work before
LaunchMeet the charter schools proponent who says “unions get way too much blame” Not all charter school advocates want to gut teacher tenure and unions.
LaunchThe plot against public education In a lengthy piece for Politico Magazine, Bob Herbert explains how millionaires and billionaires, led by Bill Gates, are ruining
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