No on 1240 Tent vs Yes on 1240 Tent
(End of day updates in red)
Can you spot the difference?
No On 1240
LEV
Stand for Children
Democrats for Ed Reform
Washington State Roundtable
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Association of Washington Business
Which group represents more parents? Community members? Teachers?
If the Yes group mostly represents ed reformers and business, then who is really pushing this?
George Griffin, a respect local businessman and former chair of the Alliance for Education board, said at the 37th Dems "who wrote this initiative?" He questioned if it I-1240 was truly being put out there to help at-risk kids and why no one in his community was asked what they wanted or asked to help write it. Eric Pettigrew, the rep from the 37th, sat mute at the other end of the table.
Can you spot the difference?
No On 1240
- Washington State PTA
- League of Women Voters
- WASA - Washington Association of School Administrators
- WSSDA - Washington State School Directors Association Board
- Washington Education Association
- Japanese-American Citizens League Board
- Seattle-King County NAACP
- El Centro de la Raza
- Parents and Friends for Tacoma Public Schools
- Parents Across America - Seattle chapter
- Educational Service District 113
- 1st District Democrats
- 5th District Democrats
- 11th District Democrats
- 22nd District Democrats
- 32nd District Democrats
- 33rd District Democrats
- 34th District Democrats
- 36th District Democrats
- 37th District Democrats
- 41st District Democrats
- 43rd District Democrats
- 45th District Democrats
- 46th District Democrats
- 48th District Democrats
- King County Democrats
- Pierce County Democrats
- Citizens United for Responsible Education
- Minority Executive Directors Coalition
- Pierce County Young Democrats
- Washington Education Association
- Washington State Labor Council
- IUOE Local 609
- Association of Washington School Principals
- Northwest Progressive Institute
- Onion Creek School Board
- and many more
LEV
Stand for Children
Democrats for Ed Reform
Washington State Roundtable
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Association of Washington Business
Which group represents more parents? Community members? Teachers?
If the Yes group mostly represents ed reformers and business, then who is really pushing this?
George Griffin, a respect local businessman and former chair of the Alliance for Education board, said at the 37th Dems "who wrote this initiative?" He questioned if it I-1240 was truly being put out there to help at-risk kids and why no one in his community was asked what they wanted or asked to help write it. Eric Pettigrew, the rep from the 37th, sat mute at the other end of the table.
Comments
what does the polling info say?
One, from their experience most initiative do not win if they are not at 60% in July/August. I-1240 has not polled at 50%. This doesn't mean it will lose; it means the odds based on past votes are that it will not succeed.
Two, there is a lot of "squish" in the numbers. They are ahead 48% to 38% (with the remainder undecided).
But the firm yes and no vote are small and the maybe yes and no votes much larger.
There is a LOT of room for movement and I think the more people who stand up to be counted as a no, the better.
Check the website for more info on how you can do add your name to the list
www.no1240.org.
or
You can write to
info@no1240.org
with your endorsement of a No vote and urge others to do so as well.
We just got a No endorsement from a Tacoma School District director.
Melissa, will most district's have a single flyer with blurbs on all their endorsements?
2nd question: are you for or against charters in Washington.
i am thinking they are looking for their target market for ads, either by calls or print. Wonder who Stand is behind, Rob or Jay?
http://www.theolympian.com/2012/09/20/2257282/charter-schools-would-reduce-funding.html#storylink=misearch
Mirmac, that's a question we'll have to figure out soon. Many legislative districts are including info on their endorsements for initiatives.
Carol
he didn't apologize, he pressed on, he pushed on, he fought on.
The toadie$ of billy-g are playing from the same playbook. raygun & cheney-bush NEVER told the truth, and, who won? who got what they wanted, and who got empty moral victories?
LEV-DFER-SFC-Campion-McFarlane-Kormos will just invent more astro turfs to add to A+ and the coalition of lying billy-g butt kissers.
ItAintOver
I'm curious because Our Schools Coalition is the mechanism to force change on the SEA isn't it? A two-pronged approach? But maybe things don't line up as neatly as I perceive.
EdVoter
The idea of Our Schools (which got co-opted by the Alliance from an earlier group) was to try to influence the teachers contract negotiations with both the district and SEA. Do I think they did much? No.
http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/6933
Public School Parent
http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2012080055
Public School Parent
Kudos to you.
Carol
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3061226
Public School Parent
The Seattle Times editorial board is clearly a conservative voice in a progressive city.
I'm soooo surprised!
The article, in its entirety:
"Teachers United, a two-year-old organization of about 250 teachers, announced Friday that it supports bringing charter schools to Washington state.
In a prepared release, Chris Eide, the group’s executive director, said the decision to support Initiative 1240 was based largely on research done by a committee of 17 teachers.
The group said its committee members were originally split on whether to support the ballot measure, but after studying the issues and visiting charter schools in other states, they decided that charters would benefit Washington state. The group also polled its membership, and said 77 percent support the initiative.
Despite that support, the group has concerns about how the initiative would play out in this state. If the initiative passes, they said they hope, among other things, that the state would give priority to schools that serve at-risk students, that charter schools would have teachers with a mix of seniority, that charter schools and school districts would cooperate, and that charter schools would provide information about their attrition rates, graduation rates, teacher turnover and more.
Teachers United, which has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said its members belong to teachers unions. It works to involve teachers in education policy debates"
http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2012090071
Public School Parent
As the Times was kind enough to point out, the Charter Schools Initiative 1240 bankrolled by tech millionaires.
Why? Because they think education should be made like technology: "data-driven," standardized, on line, and profitable.
It's always a good idea to follow the money. The information for who is funding i-1240 is publicly available on the Washington State Public Disclosure Commision's website. the infor for Yes on 1240 is here: http://1.usa.gov/SeIEYp. Many donors, such as Bill Gates have given more than once, so you would need to sort and filter to get at how much each entity has given. The top donors appear to be Bill Gates at over $1 million, Nick Hanauer at $1 million, Jackie and Mike Bezos (Jeff's parents)at $1 million aggregate, and Alice Wlton at $600,000.
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