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Congratulations, Broad-freed Emerald City « JD2718

Congratulations, Broad-freed Emerald City « JD2718

Congratulations, Broad-freed Emerald City

Last week Seattle threw out their Broad-trained schools superintendent.

Goodloe Johnson’s tenure was rocky. I highlighted her trying to hire Teach for America (in a big bucks sweetheart deal, she succeeded) when Seattle faced NO teacher shortage. But apparently she lied to the board. She reorganized schools, firing teachers willy nilly (sound familiar New York? DC? NOLA? any other big