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Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data. credit: Fred Klonsky
2012 Public Education Finances, Census of Governments
A new report has just come out called Public Education Finances: 2013 (2012 Census of Governments). I'm just digging in but it makes for great comparisons to other states (and what it all might mean). For example for Public Elementary-Secondary School System Revenue Source by State, we see Washington in the upper middle with California on top and South Dakota at the bottom. For Public Elementar
Ed News Roundup
It's been a busy weekend and day for education news (as always).First, SPS Communications put out a press release about the continued growth in Seattle Schools. As I reported last week, the district projects to be about 60,000 students by 2020.Seattle Public Schools has released its annual spring enrollment projections for the 2014-15 school year. An estimated 52,400 students are expected to atte
Tuesday Open Thread
From SPS Communications:Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of two Seattle Public Schools students included in the second group of winners in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners are:• Anthony L. Bencivengo from Nathan Hale High School, whose probable career field is playwriting; and• Tara I. Mar
5-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Have we seen this movie before? Did it star Shirley Jones and Robert Preston?Please forgive me, but I'm old, and old people like to natter on about the past. It's just what we do. We like to imagine that our experience has value. We see things and we think "Hey, I've seen this before!" That's bad enough, but then we feel compelled to tell you about it.Bac