An article by Liv Finne at the Washington Policy Center. The legislature is set to start its next scheduled session in January.  Here are my thoughts on the issues we can expect and how they will affect Washington public schools. Due to low performance, harmful left-wing ideology and growing parent dissatisfaction, the public school system has been losing students.  The state Caseload Forecast Council projects this downward trend will continue, with lower enrollment expected in the years ahead.  The latest forecast projects total public school enrollment at 1,050,362 students in October 2026, a drop of 50,254 students, or 4.5 percent, from 1,100,616 students in October 2019. The … [Read more...]