school choice

Initiatives are blunt instruments, but they sometimes are necessary to get the attention of the establishment. If the common sense of the people had been heard earlier on the issue of mandatory bussing, it would not have taken five years to reverse that misguided policy. Washington state residents soon will vote on two initiatives to give parents real choices in Read More ›

There are at least four “school reform” constituencies in Seattle, as well as the hard-core body of voters who habitually vote against any tax measure, including special levies. Unless three of the groups of reform voters combine, the special levy for regular maintenance and operation swill fail next Tuesday. How the levy goes, moreover, will affect the future of all Read More ›

Passions over school reform are running high in this state and could wind up splitting the ever wobbly majority of people who support education. Properly channeled, however, the enthusiasm generated by proponents of two initiatives–I-173, the school voucher proposition, and I-177, the public charter schools proposition–could inaugurate a new age of educational progress. The opportunity is in the hands of Read More ›