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Thursday, March 27, 2014

3-27-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

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Wilson-Pacific Meeting
It fell off my radar that there was a meeting at Wilson-Pacific last  night (I believe it was a SEPA meeting).  Did anyone attend and if so, could you describe the discussion?Thanks.In a related story, here's what was said at last week's Operations Committee meeting where there was some discussion about Wilson-Pacific.- there were schematics of the buildings.  It was an odd discussion because a fe


College Degrees and ROI
Not sure that ROI (return on investment) is really the best way to look at what college/university you pick but for some degrees, it could make a difference.  The Atlantic has a comparison.  Look at where UW is. It's important to be clear about what this study is telling us and what it's not telling us. The fact that the most valuable colleges here seem so predictable is an interesting data point,
3-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools' Advanced Learning UpdatesMany updates on Advanced Learning via the Superintendent's Friday update (thanks to Mirmac 1 for finding this).  It is a litany of woes about many issues affecting AL (some of their own making and some the district.  One of them, lack of cooperation from schools, needs some attention from someone.)  Emphasis mine:From Advan