Washington Education News Roundup
To repeat, Senator Rodney Tom, noted turncoat for the Dems, is not going to run again after all (citing health concerns for himself and his elderly father). The Times ran a blathering editorial about how great he was but you really can't take them seriously when they start with, "But this time you might wonder, what will become of the Legislature without him?" Seriously? Not, "how will the Legislature operate like without him?" but "what will become of it?" Well, like most of life, the Legislature will carry on just fine without him. He isolated himself with his choices and I think he realized it was going to backfire on him in the election. The Washington State Charter School Commission released its 2014 request for proposals yesterday. According to their press release , last year they received 19 completed proposals. I'll be interested to see how many letters of intent (which was about 25ish last year) that they receive. To under...