Before the state can finally settle the McCleary case, lawmakers first must solve the complex puzzle of how school districts in Washington pay for the salaries of nearly 65,000 classroom teachers.
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- Programming classes for nontechnical workers, now at Seattle Central College
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- King County judge rules state’s charter-school law is constitutional
- McCleary roundup: Another week, another plan for funding public schools
- See what questions we answered during our Reddit AMA about school funding in Washington
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See what questions we answered during our Reddit AMA about school funding in Washington
Here's a sampling of the some of the discussions that came out of Education Lab's first Reddit AMA.
