Washington State PTA to Members: Not Qualified to Talk about Money for Education
There was a speech that was delivered by Duncan Taylor, the interim Legislative Director, at this weekend's PTSA convention in Yakima. I heard about it from several PTA people who told me they were quite surprised at what he said. He skipped going over what happened at the last legislative session in Olympia which is surprising. So the lessons learned from this past legislative session were not so important to talk about for Mr. Duncan. Unfortunately, there was one key thing that it would behoove all ed groups to understand - bring the kids. It certainly was the tipping point for some Democratic legislators for charter law legislation. What did he say? Basically, Mr. Duncan is saying PTSA shouldn't advocate for money for public education for two reasons. One, all those numbers are too big and complex for parents to understand. Two, it's not their mission as a group.