Public Ed is Wedge Issue for WA Dems
Washington State Dems have one thing that we don't like to talk about - that's the state of public education. It is a schism within the party that everyone knows about, snipes about but no one seems to want to find a way forward. While charters have seemingly dominated the conversation for months, McCleary full-funding for our schools has been assigned the "kick me" sign. (The other big story? Pre-K. We'll have to have a conversation about that.) On one side you have the big money people - League of Education Voters, Stand for Children, Washington State Charter Schools Association, DFER Washington, CRPE - all fixated on charter schools. And strangely silent on full funding for our schools. What is means is that Governor Inslee may be in a very tight spot in a day or so. He has consistently been against charter schools and yet, been quite coy lately on his stand. It could come back to haunt him in this election year. On the other side, today I ...