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Monday, November 18, 2013

11-18-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:




And the Hits Keep Coming for Enrollment
The district has just unleashed (and yes, that's the word I'm using) a new document for pathways for the North/NE.I'm trying desperately to keep up so did I miss this?  Two days before the Growth Boundaries and Intermediate Capacity Plan is NOT the time to hand this out.  Who can really digest what this means?They say this on the last page about "program placement":Board Policy F21.00 de


Board Meeting Ramps Up
First, there will be a meeting - called by the Superintendent - for discussion around renovating T.T. Minor to be the new home for World School.  The meeting is tomorrow night, Monday the 18th, at JSCEE at 5:30 pm.I'm not sure what form the discussion will take.  The issue is two-fold.  One, World School has been consistently ignored by the district and the Board (or takes a backseat to almost eve

11-17-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core: Arne Duncan's Foot in the Mouth ProblemFrom Ed Week's Anthony Cody - Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal Errors.As for Arne Duncan, here's what he is doing in service of Common Core.  Understand that there is tremendous pushback across the country and getting louder.  Hence his over-the-top remarks.From the Network for Public Education: He also said:-