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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Who Can You Trust?

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Who Can You Trust?:

Who Can You Trust?

Anyone who has lived a couple of decades on this planet knows that life is full of nuance (even if we don't want to admit it). We know that life isn't always fair.
But in my years in advocacy, I have always puzzled over why some don't want to be entirely truthful when it comes to certain issues. They may have privately looked at an issue from all sides but publicly, what they say, that's a different question.

This is the case in the charter school bill. I am fine (truly) with anyone who wants charters. However, this bill is bad and it really is troubling that those who want charters would accept such a lousy bill just to get charters in Washington State.

I have repeatedly called out several big issues with the bill. Not one single person, at any blog, at any