Sunday, May 6, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Good, the Bad, and the Dumb

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Good, the Bad, and the Dumb:


The Good, the Bad, and the Dumb

Great article in the Times this morning about almost-Superintendent Banda.  Makes me think the Board picked the right person at the right time for this district.  

I note that the Times is also trying to push this A+Washington initiative.  LEV has a full-court press at their website.  There is nothing wrong with various groups joining together to push for better education but what they are saying is nothing new:
  • great teachers
  • flexibility
  • more data and tools to collect it
  • early education
Their "reports" are sketchy.  One is a survey result paper.  One is about costs (without saying how to pay for all this).

A+Washington circles back to the Excellent Schools Now coalition which also has a vague website.  There are no names of people attached to these groups, just organizations and business groups.  If you wanted to ask