We should offer our students better and more reliable online educational opportunities, but … Online education has tremendous potential to help some students in some situations. But online education also requires very careful oversight to insure that our students are being served and that our tax dollars are being well spent. Recently there have been…

2013 March Analysis of ERFC Revenue Forecast David Spring M. Ed. March 20, 2013 springforschools@aol.com The ERFC has released their March 2013 Revenue Update so it is time once again for an analysis of their forecast. As a reminder, past ERFC forecasts have over-estimated revenue and under-estimated expenditures by billions of dollars. A healthy skepticism…

There will be an important Foreclosure Fraud hearing this Friday November 30, 2012, at the Federal Court House in Seattle (700 Stewart) from 11 am to noon in the Courtroom of Judge Pechman. The case is Mickelson versus Chase Bank. The Mickelson’s are asking the federal court to rule that Chase Bank wrongfully foreclosed on…

Hurricane Sandy is remarkable in several respects. It is the most powerful storm ever to hit the NE States. It had the largest size prior to hitting landfall of any storm at one thousand miles in diameter. It also had the lowest barometric pressure when it hit landfall in New Jersey. It is also the…

(originally published at springforhouse.org) Friends and neighbors, As you may know, I am a Democratic candidate for the State House of Representatives here in East King County. I am a lifelong Democrat. My parents were FDR progressive Democrats and my grandparents were FDR progressive Democrats. It is very difficult for me to admit this, but there…

I promised you I would give you a schedule of this fall’s campaign forums when they were all arranged in case any of you have the time to attend any of them. There are six forums this year. Two are in Issaquah, two in Maple Valley, one on Snoqualmie Ridge and one in Bellevue. Most…

I think it is important to distinguish rank and file Democrats from the Corporate Crony Current leaders of the Democratic party.  These leaders have betrayed rank and file Democrats. My view is that the PEOPLE themselves are the Democratic Party. They are already on our side. FDR Democrats are still there. They simply do not…

Washington Parents for Public Schools Every child deserves a REAL school and a QUALIFIED teacher! Charter School Myths Charter Schools promoted by fake grassroots groups Why I1240 is Unconstitutional Videos on Drawbacks of Charter Schools Firing Day at the Charter School Real Education Reform to Help Kids Latest News Welcome to Washington Parents for Public…

The claim has been made that the legislature had to cut billions of dollars from higher education funding because our Constitution prohibited them from making cuts from Basic Public School funding. There is a myth that has been promoted for years that our Constitution ONLY protects basic education funding and not higher education funding. However,…

Trans-Pacific Partnership, the new trade agreement being created in secret, would flood us with unsafe Millions more offshored U.S. jobs. Floods of unsafe food. Corporate attacks on our environmental and health laws. The cliff is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free trade” agreement. Trade negotiators want to sign it this year. But you can help stop…