Stories by Liv Finne
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Opinion: The best next steps for public schools in Washington state
Liv Finne outlines actionable reforms to improve Washington public schools, addressing declining enrollment, education policy, and school choice.
Opinion: Education spending has doubled in 10 years, and most of the money went to hiring administrators and non-teachers
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center questions why education spending has increased while student learning suffers.
Opinion: New evidence shows harmful Critical Race Theory is taught in Washington public schools
Liv Finne discusses new evidence showing Critical Race Theory is part of teacher training in Washington public schools.
Opinion: Is harmful CRT being taught in public schools?
Liv Finne argues that Critical Race Theory is being implemented in Washington public schools under 2021’s SB 5044.
Opinion: State schools superintendent wants to spend $2.9 billion more on a system that is losing students and cutting academic standards
Liv Finne of Washington Policy Center critiques the proposed $2. 9 billion increase for public schools amid declining enrollment.
Opinion: The Seattle Times editorial attacks offering school choice to needy Washington children
Seattle Times editorial critiques school choice, Liv Finne responds with facts on benefits for needy Washington students.
Opinion: Candidates for governor present their ideas on public education
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center discusses gubernatorial candidates’ views on public education reform.
Opinion: Progressives launch effort to block popular parental rights education law
-Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center says parents have one question for local school officials about the Parental Rights law, ‘Are you helping my family, or are you part of the problem? ’
Opinion: “The Parent Revolution” by Dr. Corey DeAngelis is an education reform thriller
“The Parent Revolution,” a new book by Dr. Corey DeAngelis, is an education reform thriller.
Opinion: Anonymous letter shows how nasty the education debate can become
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center offers anecdotal evidence of how mean-spirited the public debate over education can become.
Opinion: State Board of Education pushes for more charter schools and calls for equitable funding
The State Board of Education just published its seventh Annual Report on the performance of Washington’s 18 charter public schools.
Opinion: As more states enact learning choice programs that benefit children, nearly one million families have applied to participate
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center reports that an exciting opportunity has emerged from the damage inflicted on students from the extended COVID public school shutdowns and school curriculu…
Opinion: Union greed closed schools in Port Angeles
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center offers a recent example to remind others that strikes by public school employees are illegal under state law.
Opinion: Report: WEA union leaders lied about keeping public schools closed during COVID, after federal health officials knew it was safe to re-open
In Washington, nearly one million school children were harmed when their schools stayed closed the fall of 2020 and for the rest of that school year.
Opinion: The Parental Rights initiative just passed, but some lawmakers are telling school officials to ignore it
On Monday the state legislature passed Initiative 2081, the Parental Rights initiative, by wide bipartisan margins.
Opinion: Proposed bill would cut funding to schools that do not adopt controversial state-imposed curriculum
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes one of the main reasons polls show a loss of faith in so many of our public institutions is the decline in the quality of public education and the…
Opinion: HB 2331 would create yet another reason for families to leave the public education system
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states that she has ‘never seen the rising level of distrust and broad decline in reputation for public schools as I have seen during the current legislati…
Opinion: HB 2331 would defund schools that do not adopt controversial curriculum mandated by the state
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center explains that many parents are concerned about the radical leftwing political shift in schools.
Opinion: WEA union blocks bill to provide equitable funding for charter school families
On Monday (Feb. 5), the Senate Ways and Means Committee blocked passage of SB 5809.
Opinion: HB 2494, to add more funding to amply funded public schools, will not help students
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes that what public education needs is not more money, but more common sense reforms.
Opinion: HB 2058, to weaken the family by displacing parents as providers of food and nourishment
In response to House Bill 2058, Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states her belief that the central mission of the public schools is to educate children, not to feed them.
Opinion: SB 5882 would cut the ratio of teachers in public schools
Lawmakers are considering SB 5882, a bill to cut the ratio of certified teachers in public schools by increasing the number of non-teaching employees.
Opinion: Newly elected school board members get the facts on school funding
Opinion: Newly elected school board members get the facts on school funding. Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center says the question before school board members is not how to get more money for…
Opinion: ‘What is school choice?’
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center says school choice has one goal: to put the learning needs of children over the career desires of adults.
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