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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 yo…
Opinion: Eyes on the Board Act
…Barrett believes The Eyes on the Board Act is not just good policy, but it may be the very thing that starts turning our education system around and getting our students back on track.
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: 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 qualit…
Opinion: Fact Check – Repealing the capital gains income tax will ‘devastate’ basic education. Is that true?
Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center points out the fact that an income tax hurts our state explains why voters, who collectively are generally smarter than public…
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…
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: There are 187 studies on impact of education choice – and the results are overwhelming
Chris Cargill of the Mountain States Policy Center celebrates education choice by providing evidence of its impact.
Opinion: Most education choice options are NOT vouchers, despite claims
Opinion: Most education choice options are NOT vouchers, despite claims. Chris Cargill of the Mountain States Policy Center discusses the misleading phras…
Opinion: Governor Inslee is right to support individual tutoring to help students make up for COVID learning loss
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes Washington lawmakers should now consider giving parents access to regular education funding.
Opinion: Back-to-school checklist, to protect students and make sure all children are safe at school
Liv Finne, of the Washington Policy Center offers a checklist that provides positive ways for parents to get involved in their child’s education.