Seattle Schools Renames Programs
Editor's note: They renamed PROGRAMS and not the buildings that will house these programs. I also hope that one of the buildings at Wilson-Pacific will be named after Native American leader, Robert Eaglestaff. It is unclear to me in the naming of the Pinehurst K-8/Indian Heritage program if any Native American parents, staff or leaders were consulted. I'm checking.From SPS:Superintendent José
Tuesday Open Thread
4 P-51 Mustangs will fly over Seattle in formation on Friday, June 6th at about noon... This is the 70th anniversary of D-Day - one of these planes flew 4 sorties over Normandy on June 6th, 1944. The Mustang was, and still is, an absolutely brilliant airplane.http://historicflight.org/hf/ Those slacker kindergarteners - check out some of the schedules from around the country. An hour and a half s
NPR; Not Such Neutral Reporting on Common Core
NPR has been getting dollars (a la the Seattle Times) for education reporting from the Gates Foundation. And boy, does it show in their Common Core reporting.First, their FAQs on Common Core read a lot like what comes from Gates. Two, they even have one FAQ "fact" wrong which is that Oklahoma has a bill going thru its Legislature to walk away from CC. The fact is that the bill passed
Thornton Creek Zoning Meeting
Thanks to reader Rocky for this info.The City is having a meeting tonight at 6:30 pm in the Thornton Creek Elementary cafeteria to discuss SPS' request for a waiver from City zoning regs for the new school.From the City's press release:The School District is requesting changes to City zoning regulations for the following: 1) Greater than allowed building height. 2) Less than required on-site par
6-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Mining Student Data Stories from KUOW and Politico (highly recommended) and information I learned about what's in a TFA contract today about student data. One is the KUOW piece about ConnectEDU and SPS. It fleshed out what I had reported and had a couple of interesting comments. Again:For the past three years, the school district has uploaded middle and high sc