I spent last Friday with the 2008-09 City Year Seattle/King County corps, and it was wonderful to be back! This time last year I was wearing the red jacket, volunteering at Chief Sealth High School and running a service-learning program for high school youth. Last Friday I put on my alumna hat by [...]
WASL Workgroup meeting Oct. 13
Posted by Heather
The WASL Workgroup is meeting at 9am on Monday, October 13 in Olympia (House Hearing Room B in the O’Brien Building). The agenda:
Work Session:
Follow-up from Previous Meeting.
Balanced Assessment Systems: Trends in Other States.
Update on Implementation of Math End-of-Course Assessments.
Balanced Assessment at the District Level: Experiences in Three Districts.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Achievement, and Assessment.
Public Comment.
Discussion: [...]
Mike Riley
Posted by Lisa
I can’t quite bring myself to write about Mike Riley in the past tense. Doing so has me fighting back tears.
Wednesday’s news of his death was devastating. Besides being incredibly sad, I am mad. Not Mike. He was too young and too talented.
Mike Riley had a profound influence on many of us in [...]






