Washington in race for federal education funds

Gregoire told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that, while Washington does not have charter schools, the state does have many schools that are every bit as innovative and successful. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 14, 2009

Shaw reports on Washington state trying to transcend the narrow views on education reform coming out of DC.

Duncan seems more fixated on the method rather than the objective. Charter schools have not been shown to be better per se than other schools that try to improve. Charter schools destroy local democracy in the education system.

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