Tuesday Open Thread
The 2014 Band Jam event will take place at 6:30 pm this Friday July
25, 2014 at the Southwest Athletic Complex – 2601 SW Thistle St. (across
the street from Chief Sealth International High School.)
Band Jam is an annual band showcase intended to highlight what we all know to be the best part of the summer parade season – the bands. In addition to featuring some of the youth ensembles participating in this year’s Seafair Torchlight Parade, we will also be treated to performances by some talented adult music ensembles, as a reminder to students that music can be a lifelong pursuit and a great way to connect with fellow performers and the community.
This is a non-competitive event sponsored by the Seattle Schools All-City Band. Admission is free. Food concessions will be sold on site.
Band Jam is an annual band showcase intended to highlight what we all know to be the best part of the summer parade season – the bands. In addition to featuring some of the youth ensembles participating in this year’s Seafair Torchlight Parade, we will also be treated to performances by some talented adult music ensembles, as a reminder to students that music can be a lifelong pursuit and a great way to connect with fellow performers and the community.
This is a non-competitive event sponsored by the Seattle Schools All-City Band. Admission is free. Food concessions will be sold on site.
The 2014 lineup includes:
The Junior All-City Marching Band www.DennySealthMusic.org
The Pacific Northwest Drumline
The Ten Man Brass Band www.facebook.com/tenmanbrass
The Sumner High School Marching Band http://www.sumnerband.com/
The Chaotic Noise Marching Corps www.facebook.com/chaoticnoisemarchingcorps
The Seattle Sounders F.C. Soundwave http://www.soundersfc.com/matchday/the-band
The Seattle Schools All-City Marching Band www.allcityband.org
The Pacific Northwest Drumline
The Ten Man Brass Band www.facebook.com/tenmanbrass
The Sumner High School Marching Band http://www.sumnerband.com/
The Chaotic Noise Marching Corps www.facebook.com/chaoticnoisemarchingcorps
The Seattle Sounders F.C. Soundwave http://www.soundersfc.com/matchday/the-band
The Seattle Schools All-City Marching Band www.allcityband.org
In other musical (and fun things), it's Pianos in the Parks.
Also to note, the State was refused by the feds in its bid to NOT have to send out letters to parents telling them their child's school is failing under NCLB. I think Superintendent Dorn's request was not unreasonable given (1) the costs for districts to send the mailings and (2) the ridiculousness of saying that 98% of all schools in any given district are failing (under NCLB), causing confusion for parents. As well, the letter is to say that parents can move their child to a school that isn't failing but that is not truly a reality.
Dorn apparently sent the letter because he was asked to by legislators but now says that he is likely to lobby the Legislature to make the change in the teacher evaluation wording (from "can" to "must" in using test scores). And, if that happens, all will probably be forgiven by the DOE (and Arne Duncan) and Washington State will get a new waiver.
How about getting rid of a fairly stupid law? (I note that Superintendent Banda sent out his own letter on behalf of the district but I haven't heard any news back on that one.)
What's on your mind?
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More on Wright's history:
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Portfolio Manager - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Recruited to serve as Portfolio Manager for the College Ready Division’s Next Generation Learning Models team. Work closely with the Deputy Director to manage grant making against the division’s strategy and award envelope (~$60m in 2011), which include working with program officers to develop and execute strategies for three emerging initiatives that support personalized learning: Blended Learning Models, Innovative Professional Development, and Content and Tools. Drive team’s learning agenda and development of metrics to track progress towards our goals.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/22/ohio-limits-probe-of-charter-school-where-teacher-allowed-boys-to-grope-female-classmates/
Ohio won’t investigate all of the charter schools operated in the state by a company accused of hiring unqualified teachers, cheating on standardized tests, and allowing boys to grope female classmates.
The Ohio Department of Education will limit its investigation of Horizon Science Academies to the Dayton area, where the alleged wrongdoing was reported.
The state Board of Education declined to open investigations into all 17 Horizon schools in Ohio, which are operated by Concept Schools…
…Other former employees said school administrators “clearly lied” about attendance and tampered with standardized test results. (more)
-districtWatcher
DW, I need to do a news roundup on both charters and Common Core. Ohio is really a mess.
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He didn't financial backing. Guess that's why he ended up at our doorstep.
Charles Wright is not listed on the Alliance's board.
http://www.alliance4ed.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/
I suspect the Alliance put him in the district to push-through all of Gate's backed initiatives.
Just a question of how much damage he'll do in the meantime while we are the stopover crash landing pad while he waits for his greatness to be manifest. To bad all the important people didn't back his startup "Parent Valet". That would have kept him out of our hair.
Can we have Noel Treat back?
-please leave
Seattle Teacher Residency 5 year budget
This document is worth downloading.
SPS is on the hook for $300K for 14-15 STR expenses. Three years later, this will be $1.6M - with costs just climbing.
By the 17-18 year, over $650K of total expenditures will be for more muckety-mucks at JSCEE. Oh, and don't forget covering some of the Alliance's "CEO" and CEO' assistant's time.
Revenue from "private sources" are TBD.....