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Update: as Charlie points out, Arne Duncan has really decided - without real authority backing his actions - to be large and in charge of public education in this country.  (I suspect this is one reason so many conservatives, not just in the Tea Party, don't like the DOE.) One conservative education writer, Michael Petrilli,  advocates for Washington State to go to court over the NCLB waiver issue.  Now the head of the state group for Washington school superintendents says he thinks that's a good idea as well. Bill Keim of the Washington Association of School Administrators said this : For me, one of those continued sources of irritation is the unfettered federal intervention into what used to be the states’ domain—operating our public schools. I was amazed when the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation passed that there was so little debate regarding the expanded role it created for the federal government to dictate how schools in each state must function. It was ...

I got it wrong on who is opposing 1240.  It's not WSSDA - the Washington State School Directors Association, it's WASA - the Washington Association of School Administrators.   I erred because the link was at the WSSDA site and I read the press release believing it was from WSSDA.  I am trying to find out their stand.  I believe they will also say no to 1240 based on their stance against charters when the issue was in the Legislature.  About WASA: The Washington Association of School Administrators is a professional association representing education administrators in Washington State. We are a not-for-profit organization, funded by membership dues and association events. WASA's membership includes nearly 1,100 members and is open to all educational administrators in central office, building management, and educational agency positions.