With What Money?
In yet another "look how backwards Washington State is and how terrible public education is here" op-eds at the Seattle Times, their newest one features Robin Lake of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Basically, our state is not doing enough to train more STEM graduates. I use that word "train" deliberately because she seems to think you can just churn out these grad
Seattle Schools This Week + Updates
From SPS Communications:Superintendent Banda made several principal appointments Feb. 7 , including: • George Breland, Cleveland High School;• Maria Breuder, McGilvra Elementary School;• Dedy Fauntleroy, John Stanford International School; • Robert Gary, Madison Middle School; • Jo Lute-Ervin, Kimball Elementary School;• Mary McDaniels, Madrona K-8; and• Dan Sanger, Bryant Elementary School.I see
This and That
Surprise from a reader (and I agree) - a figure from a Danny Westneat column.Did this surprise anyone else? 2370 kids, about 5% of all of the students in Seattle Public Schools, are homeless? I had no idea it was that many.From the Week in Geek: The physics of the Winter Olympics. Good piece to show to the kids as you watch some amazing athletes in action. (Those kids on the snowboards give me
2-8-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumShooting RoundupThe Stranger Slog has a weekly child shooting roundup and hey, one story is local.From Q13:PUYALLUP — Neighbors say they never heard a gunshot, but saw what happened next. “The young man was sitting in the driveway just rocking back and forth saying; I shot my best friend, I shot my best friend,” neighbor Carol Sharick