To: League of Education Voters
Charter School initiative in Washington... don't sign
The League of Education Voters has filed an initiative that will take funding from public schools in Washington state and divert it to charter schools. To place that initiative on the ballot, they will need to collect signatures of registered voters.
This petition asks for a pledge from you to not sign any petition in support of this initiative.
Here are points to consider regarding charter schools, which Washington voters have rejected three times:
We care about all students in all public schools, but charter schools fail to meet the needs of most students. Research shows nearly 40 percent of charter schools perform worse than local public schools and only 17 percent provide better education opportunities for students.
The NAACP passed a resolution in 2010 in opposition to charters, citing concerns about segregation and noting the small percentage of children of color and disadvantaged students served by quality charter schools. Research sponsored by the National Education Policy Center found, “Some of the nation’s most segregated schools are charter schools, where students are often isolated by race, income, language and special education status…”
This petition asks for a pledge from you to not sign any petition in support of this initiative.
Here are points to consider regarding charter schools, which Washington voters have rejected three times:
We care about all students in all public schools, but charter schools fail to meet the needs of most students. Research shows nearly 40 percent of charter schools perform worse than local public schools and only 17 percent provide better education opportunities for students.
The NAACP passed a resolution in 2010 in opposition to charters, citing concerns about segregation and noting the small percentage of children of color and disadvantaged students served by quality charter schools. Research sponsored by the National Education Policy Center found, “Some of the nation’s most segregated schools are charter schools, where students are often isolated by race, income, language and special education status…”
Why is this important?
A coalition of organizations including the League of Education Voters, a rather poorly named organization, just filed to have an initiative placed on the ballot. The initiative asks for funding to be diverted from public schools into charter schools. I ask you to pledge to not sigin any signature gathering petitions for this initiative.