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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: A calm, rational discussion of Advanced Learning

Seattle Schools Community Forum: A calm, rational discussion of Advanced Learning:


A calm, rational discussion of Advanced Learning

Let's try this one more time.

Let's not devolve into a shouting match. Let's not extrapolate the small sample of our personal experience and presume it is representative of the whole. Let's not talk about other people's children or get personal in any way.

Instead, let's consider two questions and discuss them just as calmly and rationally as we can.

Question #1: Does the District need to develop a plan to address the academic needs of students working beyond Standards?

I, for one, think that they do.

An inability to serve students working beyond Standards is the natural result of a Standards-Based system with