Here we go again: UW Dean of Ed suggests charters & TFA for Seattle: My response
Today’s Seattle Times features yet another pro-charter, pro-ed-reform editorial, “Urgent education needs demand bold new thinking: It might be time for Washington voters to reconsider their ballot-box rejection of charter schools, writes Tom Stritikus, the University of Washington’s dean of the College of Education. A new documentary, “Waiting for Superman,” explores the possibilities of alternative-school approaches.”
This time, it’s by Tom Stitikus, dean of the College of Education at UW. Here is my response, originally posted on the Times’ site:
Here we go again.
First off, we already HAVE successful, popular alternative and innovative schools and programs in Seattle —
