Last night, students, parents and education advocates attended the Seattle School Board meeting to show support for the tentative agreement between the district and teachers union.
Sebrena Burr, a mother of a Seattle Public School student and PTSA Co-Chair at South Shore School, gave public testimony in support of the historic agreement. Here are her [...]
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Parents show support for historic agreement
Starting the school year early…and with a big dose of hope
Love this post from Birth to Thrive Online:
Beverly Park Elementary School kindergarten teacher Richard Dunn says he’s never had such a great start to the school year … and the school year doesn’t officially start until next week.
Dunn and four other kindergarten teachers at the White Center-area school are at school this week with many [...]
Yes, Virginia (and Stan), there is a Plan!
With apologies to 8 year old Virginia O’Hanlon from 1897.
Q: “DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no early learning plan. Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so. Please tell me the truth; is there a plan for the development and implementation of [...]
Tentative agreement reached on contract, called “historic”
From The Seattle Times:
Seattle Public Schools and its teachers union reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a contract that allows student test scores to be used as a trigger to more closely evaluate teachers when their students score poorly.
Union leaders called it a “historic” agreement, one that recognizes the need for a better system to [...]
Get creative, Washington
It’s time to dust off your graphics skills. We need you to help us promote our upcoming speaker series event featuring Sacramento mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson.
How? By designing a poster worthy of being displayed all around the greater Seattle area and the web.
Get all of the details here. Besides bragging rights, the [...]
State test scores so-so
Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn released the pass rates for the 2009-10 Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) and High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE). Students in grade 3-8 take the MSP, and 10th grade students take the HSPE.
Compared to the previous year, only 7th and 8th grade students made across the board gains. Pass rates [...]
New test results to be released Tuesday
State Superintendent Randy Dorn will announce Tuesday the results from the first-ever High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE), the successor to the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). Results will also be released for the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) test, which is taken by students in grades 3-8.
Students in the classes of 2010-2012 are required [...]
Discussion on Head Start & Early Learning Challenge Fund
A discussion with Danielle Ewen, director of child care and early education policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), delves into the current state of early childhood education on the national level, including the proposed Early Learning Challenge Fund.
Here’s an excerpt from the Ezra Klein blog on the Washington Post site:
The administration [...]
Screening of Paramount Duty in Redmond
If you haven’t seen the provocative film about Washington’s education system, here’s another chance. There will be a screening of the filmParamount Duty next Wednesday, Sept. 1 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond). The screening is hosted by the 45th Legislative District Democrats, but [...]
Standing on Principals
While the teacher negotiations going on in Seattle are getting a lot of ink, another contract is also under discussion that arguably could have an even deeper impact on student achievement: the principals’ contract. As we’ve written in this blog, building leadership — the principal’s capacity to lead — is hugely important in student learning [...]
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