Seattle Schools' Student Survey of Teachers
I had a long conversation with Dr. Eric Anderson, head of Research, Evaluation and Assessment, who is in charge of the initiative for a separate student survey of teachers. So let's get some basics out of the way:The survey has not been written but they will likely pivot off other student surveys out there (more on this below)Who will be part of this "work group" that will decide on the
Washington Legislator Town Hall Weekend
Many Washington state legislative districts are having Town Halls this Saturday with some or all of the elected reps from each district. This is the most complete list I could find but if you know of others, please post them in the comments.It's a good time to let them know about issues like:funding the McCleary decisionstudent data privacynot wanting schools to get A-F gradesthe need for capital
Washington State Legislature Gets Busy on Education Bills
Major news on two important education bills in the Legislature.First, the State Senate REJECTED a teacher-evaluation bill that would have changed using student test scores in teacher evaluations from "can" to "must" because the feds wanted that change. The feds were using - as a carrot or stick, take your pick - federal funds. Superintendent Randy Dorn has been moaning about
2-18-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadUW's department of Computer Science & Engineering has DawgBytes: A Taste of SCE which is their K-12 outreach program. They have lots of fun events as well as offering a UW CSE student to come out to your school to talk to students. They have an e-mail list so you can get regular updates of events.Remember the story, There Was an Old Woman W