That takes jobs away from evil unions is good with me, I'll sign and vote for it.

Weaken public schools by taking away money from district budgets, draw away high performing students and exclude students who have disabilities. Those that are hardest to educate are left to the public schools. Charter schools tend to divide communities and create an atmosphere where people fight over space and resources. Unlike charter schools that tend to be elitist, democratic public schools must educate all children.

A knee-jerk reaction. But these charter schools will be PART of the public school system. MYNW really should present a clearer story, but that would be asking too much.

But you've got good(?) company. The WEA knee-jerks exactly the same way you do.

Uh - THESE charter schools are to be PUBLIC. It would be nice if you actually read the story before knee-jerk reacting.

They get public funds. They still weaken the system. Charter schools pull certain kids. Maybe you should do more research as to how they operate.

The motion "prioritizes proposals to serve economically and academically disadvantaged students." Those who typically score the lowest who you say will be left in the current system. All of the schools will also be non-profit and thus no one will be getting rich off the public dollar in this case. So what other arguments do you have?

Public schools from K through college are not for profit, but that really means nothing in today's America. Let's take UW as an example. They are a 'not for profit' institution, yet they have well over a billion dollars hidden away. How did they get all that capital? "Donations" from wealthy alumni. The very real fear for these charter schools is that they will take those donations from wealthy parents who want a top notch education for their kiddies, at a public funded school. The rest of the public schools will of course be left behind due to the disparity in money, making an even greater divide in publicly funded education. The sad part of this initiative is that these wealthy want public funding yet want their charter schools to provide private school quality education. It is sad the state our education system is in today, but it really is all our fault. year after year voters would vote against education funding, then sit there and scratch their heads wondering what went wrong.

But everyone knows about the failed school system that only prepares kids to exceed at being a liberal that has proven to NEVER work no matter how much money is thrown at it. Please show us were your radical liberal idea's have EVER worked?

What school did you go to that made you become such a liberal? What did they include in their lessons that were of the liberal agenda? Please be specific and don't sound like a typical Fox News ditto head that just regurgitates what Rush and Hannity tells you and doesn't have the facts to back it up.

How come it only the paid signature gatherers that are evil? Craigslist is full of left wing orgs. that hire people to pass out leaflets. Why that isn’t considered evil?

"They get public funds. They still weaken the system. Charter schools pull certain kids." So do public universities such as, let me think, WSU and UW. So are you proposing that we pull funding from those elitist institution and fund the local community colleges only?

The money universities receive doesn't compare to K-12 schools. When you go to college the individual pays tuition. Universities do get public dollars, but not to the extent the combined amount local schools collect. You can't compare the universities to public K-12 schools. You are comparing apples to oranges.

http://sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/initiatives/FinalText_274.pdf

It's 38 pages. Compared to 2700 pages, it's not even a cup of coffee's worth of reading.