Common Core; An Overview
You know how you really need to get something done but drag your feet because of time, overwhelming amounts of data/research and just plain organization? That's been me with an overview of Common Core. It took a nudge from a member of one of the City's Commissions to kickstart me and get it done.It's much longer than I had hoped but this is not a simple subject. I also do not offer an alternati
Continuing Education Stories from Seattle and Beyond
The two items I've been tracking are the denial of renewal of the NCLB waiver for Washington State and the SPS math adoption.Today Secretary Duncan appeared before the U.S. Senate budget committee. He did get asked about waivers but not by Senator Murray. From Ed Week:Unlike late last month, when Duncan faced hostile declarations about his NCLB waiver moves from lawmakers in both the House and t
Tuesday Open Thread
Fun at Teacher Appreciation Day at Arbor Heights Elementary. I happened to be checking what schools require uniforms (I believe there are only 3-4 elementaries). K-5 STEM is one of them. From their webpage, the school certainly has quite a different feel to it. For example, they have four sections to their Uniforms page and the FAQ is really long and fairly strict. I can only say that you wo
5-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Give BIG is Tuesday, May 6thSeattle Foundation is having its Give BIG day tomorrow where donations made to non-profits will be enlarged via a "stretch pool" of funding. The amount of the "stretch" depends on how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. It starts at midnight tonight and ends at midnight on the 6th. Here's a list of non-