Seattle School Board Meeting Updates
Shockingly, I neither attended nor watched the School Board meeting. But I did hear about it from other sources so here is some of what went on (plus some input from a careful reading of agenda items on the docket). Apparently it was a love fest for Banda and some tension on the Board. Here's the information I received from the organizing group for later starts where the tension comes in.Later
(Thursday) Open Thread
Going with a Thursday Open Thread due to the holiday tomorrow. From The Atlantic, a somewhat troubling story about a study finding that kids care more about "achievement and happiness" than caring for others and that teachers are aware of this issue. The study is from the Making Caring Common project at Harvard and is called The Children We Mean to Raise: the Real Messages Adults are Se
7-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadWA State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn has sent a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asking that Washington be waived from the NCLB requirement that public schools send out letters about how they are all failing under NCLB (about 96% of schools would have to send out these letters). Naturally, 96% of Washington school