Sure, That'll Solve ALL Our Public Ed Problems
Apparently
this bill comes - in one form or another - every couple of years.
That would be HJR 4216 to bring to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. (I have a call in to Reps. Sullivan and Lytton to ask why.) OSPI had no comment except to say this has come up before.
So the legislature doesn't like the Supreme Court calling them out on McCleary.
And they don't like the State Superintendent of Public Instruction calling them out on McCleary.
So the answer is to create bills to reduce the number of Supreme Court justices and/or get rid of OSPI?
What a bunch of crybabies.
That would be HJR 4216 to bring to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. (I have a call in to Reps. Sullivan and Lytton to ask why.) OSPI had no comment except to say this has come up before.
So the legislature doesn't like the Supreme Court calling them out on McCleary.
And they don't like the State Superintendent of Public Instruction calling them out on McCleary.
So the answer is to create bills to reduce the number of Supreme Court justices and/or get rid of OSPI?
What a bunch of crybabies.
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Is the plan to get rid of teacher certification, etc.?
-- Dan Dempsey
The only way to turn Olympia around is through elections and getting key individuals out of office.
30 years of Demo control and now you want to blame another party...fools!
WEA and SEA you can eat it!
Voting NO
I do understand that a lot of people vote No on levies. Of course, more people have voted Yes in recent elections.
http://www.k12.wa.us/siteinfo/OfficesPrograms.aspx
It's things like
Background checks and finger printing
Getting and distributing funds from the feds
All levels of certifications
Graduation requirements
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Projects
While I'm sure OSPI could be doing a better job - and I can't think of an organization, agency, or company that couldn't do better than they are - who exactly should be responsible for the important safety provisions for which OSPI is responsible? Or are the reps suggesting getting rid of the department suggesting that we stop performing background checks on those to whom we entrust our children?
And, I suppose, if pharmaceutical companies make unsafe or ineffective drugs then people will stop buying them, so there's no need for the government to regulate medicines. Look at all of the accountability the market provides in the unregulated herbal supplement market. No problems there.
And there's no need for the government to confirm that our food is pure and wholesome - people will just inspect slaughterhouses for themselves if they are concerned.
No need for the government to regulate anything so long as the invisible hand of the market provides all of the accountability we will ever need.
Most of all, there is no need to regulate sarcasm, as it a right guaranteed to us by the Constitution.
Ted Cruz wants to get rid of the US Department of Education.
I like that idea a lot. Imaging the last several years without Arne Duncan, NCLB, RttT,
etc.
By the way the US Feds contribution to WA State k-12 schools is only 8.58%
You can check it out HERE
http://www.bipps.org/education-feeding-at-the-federal-trough/
-- Dan Dempsey
-SWWS
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-SWWS
Imagine, that even though OSPI has oversight of special ed in Seattle, and that it recognizes the legitimacy of more than half of the communities complaints.... the only remedy is "have another IEP meeting" for individuals, or "write a book about your process" for the system and "by the way, be sure to hire my friends go write that".
Yes. OSPI is a joke, and all their friends are laughing all the way to the bank. I've seen I with my own eyes.
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So what can be done about that? The Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected office. Can people find a candidate who is willing to do the work and support that candidate's campaign?
So what can be done about that? The Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected office. Can people find a candidate who is willing to do the work and support that candidate's campaign?"
Sounds like a great opportunity for a candidate questionnaire....