Seattle Schools' Pre-K "Mission Study" - Day-by-Day Timeline
I will do my best to get this in a linear order but the e-mails were not always provided in that manner.To note, the trip was March 3-6th so clearly, getting started in early Feb was difficult on staff. I wonder how the City thought the district had so much travel money to try to send 5+ people to three cities. Key staffers involved:Cashel Toner - head of SPS Early Learning, seemingly the lead
Seattle Schools' Pre-K "Mission Study"
This will be Part One of a thread about the Pre-K "mission trip" that several Seattle schools' employees took as well as one Board director. Part One will be the Narrative of what happened. Part Two will be the day-by-day planning for this trip. Mirmac1 got e-mails via public disclosure and they paint a very damning picture. Because of my concerns over this troubling incident, I wrote
Stand for Children's Petition - Don't Sign It
Stand has this "education" petition going around. Consider not signing it.First, note the source. That should tell you all you need to know right there. (What's funny is they want one word changed and claim it will "free" Washington from NCLB. There's no way they can know that for sure. Next, it is a GOOD thing that Washington State stood up to the feds on No Child Left Beh
7-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle School Board Appoints Larry Nyland as Interim SuperThe Board seems in agreement of the appointment of Dr. Larry Nyland, former superintendent in Marysville (and a former Superintendent of the Year) to be the interim superintendent. More to come. Board seems enthused.Updates:- Carr and Martin-Morris were out-of-town but were on
