The Federal Department of Education has sent a letter to Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction removing Washington State’s waiver from some of the No Child Left Behind’s costly requirements……Federal funding for education is like a drug. Let us clear our minds of the notion that federal money is something we absolutely need and remember that before 1965 schools functioned well without it. […]
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The State Supreme Court, in the McCleary decision, reaffirmed that it was the “paramount duty” of the state to make “ample provision” for the education of all children…..(see Article IX, Washington State Constitution)
When the writers of this Article in Washington State’s Constitution wrote this, education consisted of “reading, writing, and arithmetic.” The writers would probably be surprised at what is considered “basic education” today. Their use of the words “ample provision” doesn’t necessarily mean ample payment, although the courts apparently think so.
Laurie Rogers also questions the word “ample” and provides many other good questions. Read her commentary.
These are good questions to ask your legislator at the next town hall meeting.
“…As we can see, with the exception of Switzerland, the United States spends more than any other country on education, an average of $91,700 per student between the ages of six and fifteen…”