WashingtonCAN

Washington CAN! believes we need to invest in quality education for all residents. We are working with our affiliate organizations, the Washington Education Association, USAction, and others to improve Washington’s education system by investing in the areas that affect students most.

Right now, the numbers aren’t adding up to quality education for Washington’s kids. Washington is:

• 46th in the nation in class size
• 42nd in the nation in spending per student, spending $548 less per student in public schools than in 1992
• Dead last in compensation for public school teachers among the five West Coast states, while college faculty salaries continue to lose ground to inflation.

For college students, the numbers are also grim. Since 1995, our state's contribution to public higher education has fallen by more than 16 percent. In recent years, the share of family income needed to pay college expenses, even after financial aid, has increased from 20 to 31 percent at four-year public colleges.

To learn more about how Washington can do better, click below:

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