Peter Callaghan’s column (TNT, 10-6) identifies a critical disconnect in gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee’s thinking about the future of education funding in Washington state. Inslee’s dismissive character-ization of a proposed plan to address inequities in school funding as a “gimmick” signals a serious lack of understanding of the scope of these inequities, the negative impact on the taxpayers in many school districts and, more importantly, the unconscionable inequities in students’...
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