Thursday, March 22, 2012

Education | Seattle School Board votes to keep Teach For America partnership | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Seattle School Board votes to keep Teach For America partnership

New School Board members had moved to cancel the Teach for America contract with Seattle Public Schools.
Seattle Times education reporter
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The Seattle School Board reached decisions Wednesday night on two of the most controversial proposals it has considered this year, voting to continue the district's partnership with Teach for America and to set specific guidelines for how far board members can go in overseeing district operations.
The votes came during a packed public hearing, at which nearly 50 community members signed up to express their views, although only 20 got the chance to do so.
Almost all weighed in on TFA, an organization that places high-preforming, recent college graduates without teaching credentials in low-performing