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Monday, September 2, 2013

9-2-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform; Surging and Faltering

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform; Surging and Faltering:







Thoughts of the Day
Hooray for Diana Nyad for swimming for 110 miles over 53 hours.  Trying to break this record for 5th time.  Tell your children about this woman who would not stop trying. Two thoughts of the day:Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.Thomas A. EdisonAnd then there's Governor Cuomo and Mayor Emanuel - one of the most singularly d

Ed Reform; Surging and Faltering
The push is on to expand charters, TFA, student data and yet, more and more people (including some legislators) are finally saying, "What is going on here?"A highly acclaimed charter group in NYC were found to be trying to push out a child with disabilities - it was recorded on tape. From the Daily News:The tapes, a copy of which the mother supplied the Daily News, poke a hole in claims by the fas


9-1-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tentative agreement reachedThe SEA announced that, as of 12:18am, they have a tentative agreement with the school district. Details to follow.From the SEA web site:We have a tentative agreement!The Seattle Education Association and Seattle School Board bargaining teams reached a tentative agreement early Sunday morning. SEA members will reviewing the agreement and