Danny Westneat column: The Kids are Alright
With today's column, Wise Up, Seattle, to Turnaround in Your Schools, Danny Westneat showed us that he is unaware of the disconnect between the schools of Seattle Public Schools and the central administration of the district.
The schools, he points out, are actually doing pretty well, consistently beating the state average for pass rates on the state tests in nearly every subject and nearly every grade.
He uses this evidence to - erroneously - leap to the conclusion that the district is doing something right. He attributes the high pass rates to actions taken by the district. How odd.
What was that the district did that raised the pass rates? Was it increasing class size? overcrowding schools? cutting summer school? cutting elementary schoo
The schools, he points out, are actually doing pretty well, consistently beating the state average for pass rates on the state tests in nearly every subject and nearly every grade.
He uses this evidence to - erroneously - leap to the conclusion that the district is doing something right. He attributes the high pass rates to actions taken by the district. How odd.
What was that the district did that raised the pass rates? Was it increasing class size? overcrowding schools? cutting summer school? cutting elementary schoo
