Thursday, January 2, 2014

1-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:




Ed News Roundup
Locally (and, of sorts, public education news) comes the announcement that 37th district Senator Adam Kline will not be running to retain his seat.  Naturally, when a senator retires, the obvious replacement often comes from whoever are the representatives in that district (see Jamie Pedersen for Ed Murray). I am hoping that Rep. Eric Pettigrew runs so that all the ed reform nonsense he has pushed

Washington State Charter School Applicant Forums
Charter School Applicant Forums (via the very helpful Charter Commission staff) ApplicantDateTimeLocationPioneer SchoolJanuary 65:15-6:15pmSpokane Public School Administration Building, 200 N Bernard Spokane, WA 99201Yakima AcademyJanuary 85:30-6:30pmPerry Technical Institute, 2011 W. Washington Ave. Yakima, WA 98903Sunnyside Charter AcademyJanuary 86:30-7:30pmEvergreen Leadership AcademyJanuary 
12-31-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Goodbye to 2013 - Hello to 2014!Pop quizzes!Pew Research Center - News IQ QuizSlate's News Quiz.Nice idea for the new year - a Good Times Jar project.  A good way to keep track of what matters to your family and showing gratitude for the good things (big and small) in your lives. Even little victories count.Start this January with an empty jar. Throughout the year