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Sunday, May 25, 2014

5-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

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Common Core Continues to Be on the Run
No matter how many tweets that DFER or ReadyWashington or any other group that supports Common Core send out saying that it's here to stay, the evidence is mounting that it may survive but not in exactly the way its end game was pictured.Update on CC across the country: Indiana has already bowed out of Common Core but only to replace it with their "own" standards which appear to be a cut


Have we seen this movie before? Did it star Shirley Jones and Robert Preston?
Please forgive me, but I'm old, and old people like to natter on about the past. It's just what we do. We like to imagine that our experience has value. We see things and we think "Hey, I've seen this before!" That's bad enough, but then we feel compelled to tell you about it.Back in 2000 Seattle Public Schools was on fire with a revolutionary idea. It was a change in perspective that wo


5-24-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumScience Fairs: Yay or Nay?by Melissa Westbrook / 20h Friday Open ThreadNaturally, in Seattle, the first "summer" holiday and it's raining. At the Columbus College of Art and Design, two anonymous students create art for all to enjoy. Something to show the artist in your home.New names to look for in, say 2019, in SPS classroo