Friday Open Thread
Did your senior write a great college essay? Here's a link to an award for $5,000 through Medium.com. The deadline is May 19. (Great judges like Anna Quindlen, Wally Lamb, and Mary Roach.) This is not "new" news but the Gates Foundation invests in a private prison company as well as a company with 19 juvenile detention facilities in the U.S. This from Mother Jones. A Gates spokesper
Special Ed Open Mic nights
Families are invited to give feedback on Special Education services at Seattle Public Schools during two “Open Mic Night” meetingsFamilies of Seattle Public Schools are invited to join experts from Louisiana State University and the TIERS Group (Teams Intervening Early to Reach all Students) during two Open Microphone Nights to give feedback on Special Education Services.Join us:Tuesday, April 22
4-10-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Required Reading on Common CoreOne of the most calm, well-thought out op-eds on Common Core that I have read from Elizabeth Phillips, principal in NYC's PS 321. Read the entire thing but here are highlights:So teachers watched hundreds of thousands of children in grades 3 to 8 sit for between 70 and 180 minutes per day for three days taking a state English Languag