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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

12-18-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:




Standardized Public Education
In his recent thread on the outlines of what ed reform is pushing for, Charlie included this in a comment as another facet:Standardized Curriculum - Reformers push the idea of standardized curricula, not only across classrooms within a school, but across schools within a district, across districts within a state, and, with the Common Core, across all states in the country. Standardized Curricula l


Washington State and Transparency in Public Records/Meetings
From Representative Gerry Pollet:I will be prime sponsor in House of AG Bob Ferguson's open government agenda bill (HB 2121).We've spent the past year collaborating and refining the bill to require that public officials take an on-line training to learn their obligations to the public to meet in open public meetings, and ensure that the public has access to public records. Watch the AG's news conf
12-16-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: JAMS Meetings; Past and PresentI know there was a JAMS meeting on December 11th and someone requested a thread to talk about that one.Also, there is another Jane Addams' Middle School "launch/intro" at the JAMS library this Wednesday Dec. 18th at 6:30pm.Meet the wonderful principal, Paula Montgomery, and hear about the exciting work being done. Lots of Q&