Education - The Key Issue in the Governor's Race
Went to the Alliance for Education breakfast today. It was a packed house despite the fact that there was another breakfast fund-raiser going on for King County Dems and the Mayor was off making a policing announcement.
Yay to the Ingraham band who showed up (and, poor things, had to stay until the end to play us out). Yay to Maple Elementary's dragon dancers and spoken word performers (but next time, give the kid doing rap the microphone).
Impressions:
- kind of subdued, almost like people are weary of talking about education
- nice round of applause for Susan Enfield but nothing out of the ordinary despite her departure
- Dr. Enfield called the Alliance "Seattle's local education fund".
- Sara Morris of the Alliance said the Alliance was both "a critic and a friend to the district" and "the independent guardian of funds." She also spoke of Seattle someday becoming the "envy of the nation." I wonder how we get
Yay to the Ingraham band who showed up (and, poor things, had to stay until the end to play us out). Yay to Maple Elementary's dragon dancers and spoken word performers (but next time, give the kid doing rap the microphone).
Impressions:
- kind of subdued, almost like people are weary of talking about education
- nice round of applause for Susan Enfield but nothing out of the ordinary despite her departure
- Dr. Enfield called the Alliance "Seattle's local education fund".
- Sara Morris of the Alliance said the Alliance was both "a critic and a friend to the district" and "the independent guardian of funds." She also spoke of Seattle someday becoming the "envy of the nation." I wonder how we get