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Banda is the choice for Seattle superintendent | Local News | The Seattle Times

Banda is the choice for Seattle superintendent | Local News | The Seattle Times:


Banda is the choice for Seattle superintendent

The Seattle School Board on Sunday night selected José Banda as their choice to be the next superintendent.
By Seattle Times staff
José Banda
Age: 55
Experience: 30 years in education. Now superintendent of Anaheim City School District (about 20,000 students); previously deputy superintendent of Oceanside (Calif.) Unified School District and superintendent of Planada Elementary School District, also in California
Education: Master's degree in educational leadership from Chapman University in Orange County; bachelor's degree from California State University, Bakersfield
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José Banda, the current superintendent of the Anaheim City School District, is the Seattle School Board's choice as the next school superintendent.
The board is expected to formally name Banda to the job at its meeting Wednesday night, according to a news release Monday from Seattle Public Schools.
After a closed-door meeting Sunday night, the board directed board President Michael DeBell to contact Banda about accepting the position.
In the news release, DeBell said, "I spoke with Mr. Banda on Sunday night and told him the Board is very interested in having him as our next leader of Seattle Public Schools. Mr. Banda expressed his willingness to accept the position if offered. We 
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In Case You Missed It: Pineapple, pineapple, pineapple; 24 schools for “turnaround”; Two-in-three NYers want the next mayor to change ed policy « EdVox

In Case You Missed It: Pineapple, pineapple, pineapple; 24 schools for “turnaround”; Two-in-three NYers want the next mayor to change ed policy « EdVox:


In Case You Missed It: Pineapple, pineapple, pineapple; 24 schools for “turnaround”; Two-in-three NYers want the next mayor to change ed policy

by edvoxny
Here on EdVox we’re excited to bring you the latest news about education issues and policies affecting our communities. It can be hard to keep up with all of the events and happenings, so – in case you missed it… Here is a recap of the latest stories in NYC education news, starting with the oldest:
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Gov. Christie introduces new N.J. high school testing program | NJ.com

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Gov. Christie introduces new N.J. high school testing program

Published: Monday, April 30, 2012, 12:30 PM     Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 1:42 PM

christie-cerf.JPGTony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie speaks in front of acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf during a press conference in March. Today the governor announced new testing standards for high schools.


PLAINSBORO — Gov. Chris Christie today announced new education initiatives, including changing the way high school students are tested in preparation for graduation.
Currently, students take the a high school proficiency exam, known as HSPA, in eleventh grade. Under the new plan, students will take end of the year tests in certain subjects in the 9th, 10th and 11th grades.
Education officials said the new testing system, which will be phased in over time, will identify students who are not ready for college earlier in high school and give those students extra attention so that they may graduate 
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Delayed charter sector self-assessment balances praise, critique | GothamSchools

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Delayed charter sector self-assessment balances praise, critique

by Geoff Decker
A chart comparing district and charter schools' principal turnover rates, from today's "State of the Sector" report.
A sweeping look at who attends charter schools in New York City, and how they fare, shows that the sector excels at advancing academic achievement but struggles to enroll high-needs students and to retain staff.
For the past nine months the New York City Charter School Center and a team of charter school founders have collected and crunched data on 35 different topics, including test scores, demographics, attrition, and 
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Common Core standards drive wedge in education circles – USATODAY.com

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Common Core standards drive wedge in education circles

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON – When did fractions and non-fiction become so controversial?
  • Teacher David Riesenfeld has been piloting Common Core standards in his 10th-grade world history class in New York City.
    By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
    Teacher David Riesenfeld has been piloting Common Core standards in his 10th-grade world history class in New York City.
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Teacher David Riesenfeld has been piloting Common Core standards in his 10th-grade world history class in New York City.

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A high-profile effort by a pair of national education groups to strengthen, simplify and focus the building blocks of elementary and secondary education is finally making its way into schools. But two years ahead of its planned implementation, critics on both the right and left are seizing upon it. A few educators say the new standards, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, are untested, and one Republican governor wants to block the measure, saying it's a federal intrusion into local decisions.
How did something so simple become so fraught?
The story begins in 2009, when the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers announced an effort to create voluntary national standards in math and reading. All but four states — Alaska, 
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The Story of H.E.A.R.T. — Whole Child Education

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The Story of H.E.A.R.T.

by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers

Post submitted by Mike Greenway and Lynn Archer
Byrne Creek Secondary is a school with H.E.A.R.T. that has always been caring and focused on the well-being of its students and their families.
Before the school opened its doors seven years ago, the administrative team knew that it was important to have a simple and easily remembered set of guiding principles for the students and staff. As a new secondary school with grades 8–12, students came to Byrne Creek from three other secondary schools and had to forge new relationships that ultimately, in conjunction with the staff, parents, and community partners, were going to be pivotal in the development of the school's culture and sense of community.

The three members of the administrative team (principal Mike Greenway and vice principals Chris Sarellas and Lynn Archer) brainstormed a variety of 
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This just in from the National School Boards Association: Local school boards “under siege” | Seattle Education

This just in from the National School Boards Association: Local school boards “under siege” | Seattle Education:


This just in from the National School Boards Association: Local school boards “under siege”

by seattleducation2011
From NSBA, Local control under siege
The ability of local boards to control the destiny of their own schools, rooted in the establishment of one-room school houses in America’s rural farming communities, is under siege on several fronts, a panel of experts warned in a presentation Saturday titled School Boards’ Last Stand.
Threats to local control often are characterized as educational reform, the panelists said, and they include: charter schools, bids for mayoral control, voucher programs, virtual charter schools, for-profit school operators, state and federal funding tied to adoption of specific programs and approaches, and efforts to standardize curriculum and textbooks.
“We are rapidly becoming the educational equivalent of local McDonald’s franchises,” said David Little, director of governmental affairs for the New York State School Boards Association. “It will feed you, but it’s not the optimal meal.”
Historically, Little traced the trend to the time when individual states began putting the obligation to provide 
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