Editorial: First steps, finally, to a school vision
5/14/2008
SINCE taking office 10 months ago, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson has mostly listened and learned about her new city and district. That was a smart strategy, one that admittedly begged the public's patience.
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Guest Column: Students' success begins in the belief system
6/30/2008An extraordinary thing happened last month in Granger, a small, impoverished town in the Yakima Valley where most adults and many children work in the fields cutting asparagus, picking cherries and sorting apples. More than 90 percent of the Class of 2008 -- almost all of whom are low-income -- graduated from high school on time. Another couple of students will be graduating this summer.
