Walsh filed HB-1807, to protect “civic education and academic discourse” in Kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. (There is already existing law for civics education in high school). This bill is getting a hearing in the House Committee on Education on January 25th at 8AM.
Many Washington public schools are hoping to pass bonds/levies next month, it’s time to vote no. This is not “for the kids.”
TAKE ACTION to OPPOSE a bill that would make the OSPI a governor appointed position.
TAKE ACTION If you’re a parent or a grandparent or someone who has been around students over the past 2 years, you would probably agree that “asynchronous” learning (remote learning, videos, independent learning time) is a complete waste of time for most students....
On Friday, Washington OSPI, Chris Reykdahl, stated in his press conference that enrollments are down 4% over the last 2 years. He’s asking the state legislature not to “force OSPI to pull those dollars back from school districts because of this temporary blip in enrollments.”
Many school districts sent emails during the holiday season preparing parents and students for the likely possibility that it would be necessary to return to remote learning in January due to the “surge in Omicron cases.”
Many parents are constantly trying to play catch up with what the legislature, the teacher’s union, the OSPI and down to the local district level are changing and implementing in our public schools, which has them asking: “What exactly is Ethnic Studies?”
Parents in Washington State have been advocating and fighting for school choice for decades. Over the last couple of years, their fight has drawn in tens of thousands of other parents who became aware of the dysfunction of our public schools during the plandemic....
School boards across America have taken the spotlight in media, parent organizations and communities over the last couple of years. As school closures brought classrooms into our homes on computer screens, parents and citizens alike became concerned and started speaking out and doing more research into what is really going on in our public schools.
The two most common reasons (there is a long list) students have been unenrolled in public schools is because 1) remote learning that went on for months on end and students weren’t learning and 2) the indoctrination of our children with Critical Race Theory, including the LGBTQ agenda
