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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Paul Hill Guest Column in the Times

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Paul Hill Guest Column in the Times:

Paul Hill Guest Column in the Times

Paul Hill, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, Bothell, wrote a guest column for the Seattle Times, Other cities might help Seattle close achievement gaps among black students

I've met Dr. Hill and we've had some interesting conversations. He is well-known as a charter school advocate. I strenuously oppose charter schools. So you might be surprised to learn that we actually had gotten along very well - we agree on nearly everything. We share the same set of facts. We both follow them down the same line of reasoning. But then, at the very end, we reach opposite conclusions.

In the end, we both see that schools need to change. We agree on many of the needed changes. We both see