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 [...]
Tag Archives: K-12
Parents show support for historic agreement
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 [...]
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 [...]
The other Washington is in the dark about this one
That is my take away from the latest report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for School Reform: Attracting Entrepreneurs and Change Agents, released today. This report looked at 30 U.S. cities (including Seattle) and graded them on reformy-ness. Cities were graded using data from publicly available records, a survey [...]
LA Times looks at teacher perfomance
In case you missed it, the Los Angeles Times reported this story over the weekend, diving in to using value-added student test scores as a way to look at teacher performance. The teachers in the article, all identified with their real names, and real student test scores, responded to their respective test scores in a [...]
Making history
The Edmonds School District and the Washougal School District (it’s located just east of Vancouver, WA) have received a significant grant to help bolster their teaching of American history from the Teaching American History grant program.
According to the U.S. Department of Education website, the Teaching American History grant program aims to enhance teachers’ understanding [...]
Partnership for Learning: Measure what matters
Partnership for Learning released a new report this week making some recommendations on how Washington can better hold its schools accountable for educating our kids.
“The current system falls short of the rigorous accountability requirements necessary to ensure that all students are proficient and on track to graduating college and career ready,” the report points out.
We [...]
Bellevue SD wins i3 grant
The U.S. Department of Education has announced the 49 winning applications for the Investing in Innovation (i3) program. The only winner from Washington State was the Bellevue School District, who submitted an application titled “Re-imagining Career and College Readiness: STEM, Rigor, and Equity in a Comprehensive High School.” The application sought $4.1 million dollars over five [...]
Follow Us
Speakers Series
Opening Event:
Kevin Johnson
Mayor of Sacramento & Founder of St. HOPE
Thursday, October 7 at 7pm
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Register today >>>