CPPS Looking for Boundary Stories
Our friends over at CPPS (Community and Parents for Public Schools of Seattle) are looking for your stories.From Stephanie Jones, Executive Director:I am seeking parents who may have been involved in boundary conversations around the NE or AP. (Editor's note: this is her need here as Stephanie went to most of the other meetings.)CPPS is working on a newsletter that will highlight parent/community
Ignore Those "Draft" Growth Boundaries
I was quite startled when a reader, TC, put in this comment taken from the district's Enrollment Planning - Growth Boundaries page:The information from the September 17 draft is now obsolete. Recommendations to the Seattle School Board, dated October 16, will be available after they are posted with the Board agenda at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 11. Many of the recommendations are different from
Gifted Education News Roundup
A LOT of info in these links. And a reminder - don't like gifted education, on principle or in specific? Don't read this thread. I offer this as information, not to start a fight.Back to School Means Back to Segregated Gifted Programs for Some: New Book with Solutions. From PRWeb:Vanderbilt education professor Donna Y. Ford has made it her mission to end segregation in gifted programs—a mission
I Am Malala - A Study in Courage
Malala Yousafzai - the youngest person in the world to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize - was on The Daily Show on Tuesday night. A year ago, she was shot in the head as she rode a schoolbus by a Taliban gunman near her home in Pakistan's Swat Valley. She almost died and it's a miracle that she survived. The Taliban has vowed to do it again and said they would be "proud" to kill he
Overview of Special Education and Capacity Management
Reprinting from another thread because I believe this important information. The writer is Mary Griffin, Sped parent and president of the Sped PTA. She says:NOTE: The following does NOT constitute any kind of official response from SpEd PTSA or SEAAC. It's just me. I have been fielding a lot of questions regarding SpEd and PTSA. Here is my standard email response to questions regarding special ed
10-9-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle School Board Executive CommitteeNo time to do a complete write-up to several major items of note:It appears that some changing are coming to EOCs for algebra and geometry. It looks like there will be some sort of comprehensive exam coming in the next four years. Michael Tolley reported this as coming from OSPI and that he had had a meeting with high schoo