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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Advanced Learning - It's Time for Change

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Advanced Learning - It's Time for Change:


Advanced Learning - It's Time for Change

Do you hear that Superintendent Banda and members of the School Board?

Enough well-meaning talk.  I myself have been through this now, with two children, and I truly despair (and that's the right word) that this district will ever get it right.  What's most distressing is that there has been a lot of talk and hand-wringing and paper shuffling and yet, the program is confusing, uneven and frankly, something of a joke.

First, the director of the program, Bob Vaughan, has got to go.  

I rarely advocate for anyone to go but honestly, this has gotten to the point of being ridiculous.   He is not sustaining this program in any real way and consistently passes the buck or obfuscates over the stagnation of the program.  The program has made some progress but overall, does not well-serve the majority of students in it.


Let's start with the Curriculum & Instruction meeting yesterday where, ostensibly, they were discussing