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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Legislative Update: The Charter School Bill and the Teacher Evaluation Proposal | Seattle Education

Legislative Update: The Charter School Bill and the Teacher Evaluation Proposal | Seattle Education:

Legislative Update: The Charter School Bill and the Teacher Evaluation Proposal

As expected, several business interests including Boeing and Gates along with LEV and SFC have put a lot of pressure on our representatives to vote for the House and Senate bills related to charter schools and teacher evaluations.

There is at least one more month to go and anything can happen. LEV and SFC, Boeing lobbyists and Gates’ folks have been relentless in their push for the privatization of our public school system and they get paid well to do just that so don’t expect them to slow down after this bump in the road for them. Still, the news is good and