Seattle Schools This Week
Monday, September 30thGrowth Boundaries meeting at Meany from 6:30-8:00 pmTuesday, Oct 1stSpecial Education Advisory and Advocacy Council Meeting from 6:30-9:30 pm at JSCEE, room 2700Growth Boundaries meeting at Ballard High School Commons from 6:30-8:00 pmWednesday, Oct. 2nd School Board Meeting from 4:15 pm to 8:00 pm. Agenda.It's quite a light agenda and this should be a fairly short meeting.
South Shore PreK-8: What's the Mystery?
Almost a year ago I did a thread on South Shore and compared it to the other K-8s. I found in reading, SS is about the same as most K-8s but the math is worse. So I did a comparison today with South Shore, Roxhill and Maple from 2009 to today and there seems to be two issues. One, something seems amiss from 3rd to 4th grade at South Shore. The children in third grade do really well only to see t
While We Worry about our District, Congress Twiddles its Thumbs
I'm sure most children have no idea what is happening in Congress but I expect that they will feel the ramifications - short and long-term - in their lives. And who gets hit the hardest if the government shuts down? You better believe it's those who need the most help. Here's a helpful chart (show it to the kids) from the NY Times on how this could all play out in the next 48 hours. An interesti
9-28-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Garfield Teacher (and Inspiration) Jesse Hagopian Wins Teaching AwardGarfield teacher and MAP boycott leader Jesse Hagopian was named the "Secondary School Teacher of the Year" last Saturday by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International in Washington, D.C. His "Bammy" award was also joined by a "Grammys for Teachers", a