Monday, November 8, 2010

Testimony Regarding Teach for America | Seattle Education 2010

Testimony Regarding Teach for America | Seattle Education 2010

Testimony Regarding Teach for America

This is testimony that I gave at a school board meeting last week about an item on the board’s agenda regarding signing a contract with Teach for America, Inc.

I will provide details of that meeting later today because it is important for Seattle to see just how limited “community engagement” goes with our superintendent and the school board and how little of the democratic process is seen in terms of the action of our superintend and the school board.

To follow was my testimony:

There were five full time openings for teachers as advertised on the SPS web page this morning.

We have four colleges of education here in Seattle between Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University and the