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Here's his latest blog post ; good starting place for dialog about school funding in Washington State.

A very busy week. Tuesday, Oct. 21st SPS College Application event at Garfield High School from 2:30 pm-5:30 pm College Application Events provide one-on-one support for high school seniors navigating the college application process. At these events, students receive help researching colleges, filling out applications, and drafting personal statements. Volunteers, including local college admissions officers, are on site to provide support with college applications and answer questions. Note: there will be several more of these events in the coming weeks at high schools thruout SPS.

Well, that would be no but here's the latest National Report Card on school funding by the Education Law Center at Rutgers.  The authors are Bruce Baker, professor in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University , David Sciarra, Executive Director of the Education Law Center (ELC) and Danielle Farrie, Research Director at ELC. From the Introduction: The third edition of the National Report Card examines the condition of states’ finance systems as the country emerges from the Great Recession, but is still wrestling with its consequences. As in prior editions, this Third Edition of the National Report Card continues to make the case for states to take immediate and longer-term action to improve the fairness of their school finance systems. Two predominant characteristics of the U.S. education system highlight the importance of systems of school funding that are bui...