SEA Fighting Back on NCLB Waiver
Superintendent Banda sent a letter to the Legislature last week, urging them to pass the teacher evaluation bill that would require test scores to be used for teacher evaluations. (Currently, they can be but don't have to be used.) What makes this also important is that the Seattle teacher evaluation in the CBA already mandates using the data but the rest of the state in their local CBAs do not.
AFT Severs Its Relationship with the Gates Foundation
From Politico:"The American Federation of Teachers ended a five-year relationship with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after rank-and-file union members expressed deep distrust of the foundation's approach to education reform. AFT President Randi Weingarten told Morning Education the union will no longer accept Gates money for its Innovation Fund, which was founded in 2009 and has rec
Seattle Schools This Week
Monday, March 10thCurriculum&Instruction Policy Meeting, 4:30-6:30 pm, AgendaOf interest:- an ask for a waiver for one school day for Lawton- update on Creative Approach schools- Math Adoption Progress reportThis week has two of the five Community Meetings for the Strategic Plan for each region. I would take this opportunity to ask ANY question you want because the Strategic Plan covers it al
3-9-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just a BloggerAs Diane Ravitch said, when starting the Network for Public Education (NPE), We are many. There is power in our numbers. Together,we will save our schools.I felt very embraced at the 500-person conference. We were parents, teachers, bloggers, public education writers and activists. We want a bigger and more diverse tent. What was amazing was to he
