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Low test scores used to assail Inslee’s school closure during pandemic
Education director of the Washington Policy Center, Liv Finne, criticizes Governor Jay Inslee’s decision to close schools during the COVID-1…
Opinion: FPIW’s ‘Crisis in Education Summits’ to address public school failures
Former U.S. Department of Education press secretary Angela Morabito conducted a study for the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies to evaluate the policies…
Opinion: State report finds public schools have failed to teach 40% of K-4 elementary students adequately in reading
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes the public is clearly running out of patience with the creaky and unresponsive public education model.
Opinion: Problematic racialist bill dies in the House Education Committee
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states that parents see that the school system’s concerns over ‘woke inclusivity and equity’ are degrading the quality of educ…
Opinion: The state legislature may soon significantly reduce classroom instruction time for students
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states the legislation may be great for the teacher’s union, but it will deprive many of Washington’s school children of the q…
Opinion: Background resources for capital gains income tax court hearing
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a decade of research and short educational videos discussing this income tax.
Opinion: My recent debate shows why Washington families need school choice to catch up with the rest of the nation
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center hopes the new legislature can catch up and provide a real ‘System of Support’ that families can use to access high-quality edu…
Opinion: With student learning down, education officials invent happy-talk metrics to hide the failures of public education
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes the strange mixing of ‘proficient’ and ‘made progress’ is designed to hide the widespread failures of the public educ…
Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Washington state’s Blaine Amendment
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center explains how ‘now that the baleful influence of this mean-spirited provision has ended, Washington lawmakers are free to join…
Opinion: WEA asks state Supreme Court to ignore voters and blow open the door for income taxes
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reveals information from a brief filed by the Washington Education Association.
Opinion: Giving families resources and choices would stop the endless controversy and bring peace to public education
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center shares her thoughts that the current education system is based on coercion, not choice, and does not account for the varying n…
Opinion: As academic learning declines, some officials seek even more money for education
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center shares further confirmation of a disturbing trend in Washington’s public schools.