Sunday, February 6, 2011

Seattle Public Schools community blog: It's a Great Line but Does SPS Really Value Academic Achievement?

Seattle Public Schools community blog: It's a Great Line but Does SPS Really Value Academic Achievement?

It's a Great Line but Does SPS Really Value Academic Achievement?

At his State of the Union speech, President Obama said something to the effect of it being just as important who wins the science fair as who wins the Super Bowl. It got a good round of applause.

Pondering this, though, I have to wonder. In SPS, it seems like there is a ton of work and effort all towards the goal of academic achievement for our students. But:
  • We have a gifted program that gets spotty attention from the administration and attacked from