tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5541652491989952789..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: News UpdatesMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43380660871881802202011-10-29T19:30:07.895-07:002011-10-29T19:30:07.895-07:00Minor typo in your post, Melissa, looks like that ...Minor typo in your post, Melissa, looks like that was from Greg Laden's education blog. So, Laden, not Linden.Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43957823380063332582011-10-29T16:20:29.299-07:002011-10-29T16:20:29.299-07:00SC said:
Here and in most of the country, you rea...SC said:<br /><br /><i>Here and in most of the country, you read about data (*cough* state tests *cough*). Down there in Berkeley they tink that it's about the community and the "education gap," </i><br /><br />---<br />Just watch all the time devoted to MAP testing at the last Board meeting.... data - data - data<br /><br />but is there any evidence that the data is being used to increase student achievement?<br /><br />Lot of talking about data base lines for Kindergarteners so that achievement can be measured ... <br /><br />... but where is the effort to raise student achievement rather than just get some numbers from some tool?<br /><br />and of course the data needed for Collective Bargaining Agreement.<br />----------------<br /><br />This District will not even do a careful review of all options for closing the achievement gaps. .. but rambling on about MAP testing etc. goes on and on and on.<br />---------------dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63347811904911894532011-10-29T14:18:16.414-07:002011-10-29T14:18:16.414-07:00Friend of mine had throat cancer caused by HPV. He...Friend of mine had throat cancer caused by HPV. He's male. Lots of nasty treatment but he's going to be ok.<br /><br />asdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-10824449822618642182011-10-29T13:32:28.412-07:002011-10-29T13:32:28.412-07:00The Berkeley community that Melissa notes has rall...The Berkeley community that Melissa notes has rallied around the students, which of course what needs to be done nationally and in Seattle but isn't. Here and in most of the country, you read about data (*cough* state tests *cough*). Down there in Berkeley they tink that it's about the community and the "education gap," which I think it a fine thing to call the problem we face. From the article:<br />"'It's not just the district. It's the city of Berkeley, the university, the people and faith-based organizations,' said Debbi D'Angelo District Director of Research and Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment. 'It's just so powerful. Everybody is working together.'...'I think that the things we have done is to make the education more personal,' says Karen Hemphill, an African-American mother of a recent Berkeley High School graduate [and school board member.]<br /><br />WV lives at the equator and tells its child not to tropot.seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-78668211448963481622011-10-29T12:55:46.822-07:002011-10-29T12:55:46.822-07:00WOWZERS ... Think about WA State's actions re...WOWZERS ... Think about WA State's actions recently on funding and attendance etc.....<br /><br />From TX=><br /><br />Every time a student drops out of public school, taxpayers save money. That’s one fewer student, at <b><i>a savings</i></b> of more than $11,000 per year from state and local sources.<br /><br />Guess if the Texas Shoe fits wear it.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com