Monday, February 27, 2012

WA: "State Democratic Party chairman enters ed reform debate"

Photo by dinazina.

Andrew Garber (Seattle Times):
Pelz's letter comes after a back and forth battle being waged on the blogs by venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, a prominent Democrat donor, and Mary Lindquist, president of the Washington Education Association, the state's largest teachers union.

Hanauer argues the state is dragging its feet on education reforms and says the WEA is standing in the way. Lindquist disagrees, writing in one letter: "We do not have the luxury of theorizing from behind locked doors of high rise office buildings in downtown Seattle. We work with students every day."

Pelz said his views on the matter are largely driven by watching what his wife, a school teacher, goes through. MORE...

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