The geniuses over at the Washington Education Association (WEA) are, once again, proving they are in desperate need of a remedial civics lesson. The big labor group is not happy with state Attorney … [Read more...]
Gregoire on court’s charter school ruling: “Not right, not fair.”
Demonstrating that opposition to the State Supreme Court’s recent decision declaring charter schools unconstitutional, former Democrat Governor and Attorney General Christine Gregoire came out … [Read more...]
Big labor hatefully gleeful over court’s charter school decision
Big labor is more than a little pleased over the state Supreme Court’s recently ruling closing charter schools in our state. In fact, labor is gleeful over the prospect of preventing children—mainly … [Read more...]
Court’s charter school decision threatens dozens of other programs
Six justices from the state Supreme Court ruled—on the Friday before Labor Day weekend—that charter schools are unconstitutional. The justices found that they are not “common schools” because they are … [Read more...]
WEA campaign contributions cast cloud over court’s charter school ruling
Last year, Shift pointed out that seven of the nine justices on the state Supreme Court received campaign contributions—all for the maximum amount allowed—from the Washington Education Association … [Read more...]
State Supreme Court strikes down charter schools, so what next?
Parents across Washington State are coming to realize they may no longer have a viable, stable education alternative for their children as various teachers’ unions stage illegal strikes or threaten … [Read more...]
5 times Democrats championed a state income tax
KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson recently said he believes the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision-driven $100,000 per day fine on the state is “a ‘backdoor’ attempt to impose a state income … [Read more...]
WEA doesn’t get its way, lashes out
The budget passed by the state Legislature and signed by Jay Inslee does not fully fund the Washington Education Association’s (WEA) so-called smaller class size initiative (I-1351). That means … [Read more...]
Other states know: If you tax income, it’s an income tax
When Jay Inslee introduced his proposal to increase the budget by 15% over the next two years (to a whopping $39 billion), he advocated a state capital gains income tax to help fund his … [Read more...]
The WEA’s real priorities for the illegal teachers’ strikes
The Washington Education Association (WEA) organized statewide illegal teachers’ strikes in an effort to pressure the state Legislature to direct more money to increases in teacher pay and benefits. … [Read more...]
TBT: The WEA and its selfish agenda
This Throw Back Thursday, we’re taking a look back on how the Washington Education Association (WEA) is always looking out for one interest - its own. Not the children in schools, the parents, or the … [Read more...]
WEA leading illegal teachers’ strikes, but why now?
The list of local teachers’ unions that have voted to participate in illegal strikes has grown to 31 school districts. The Washington Education Association (WEA) has relied on a series of … [Read more...]