tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5896439405797082453..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: More Falling Ed Reform Dominoes (This Time in LA) - What Could it Mean for Seattle?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55334712141179332022013-10-30T09:44:08.497-07:002013-10-30T09:44:08.497-07:00Bring It, where did anyone say they opposed techno...Bring It, where did anyone say they opposed technology? No, the issue was to ask "is this the best use of dollars in the face of what LUSD was facing?" Did it roll out properly? It did not (Google this). Is Pearson in line to make millions from this buy? They are.<br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-932444667461717342013-10-29T17:14:11.796-07:002013-10-29T17:14:11.796-07:00I think that you could already see the beginnings ...I think that you could already see the beginnings of this in the proposals in the legislature this year to disband elected school boards and turn them over to the SPI, a "reform" that Senator Tom has been after for a few years now.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01136112516250432897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71746217574734611032013-10-29T16:30:11.268-07:002013-10-29T16:30:11.268-07:00Wow! So now the blogosphere opposes technology? ...Wow! So now the blogosphere opposes technology? And points to it as evidence of the evil reform failure? Gates somehow is now responsible for a failure by Ipad? ??? You people are unbelievable! Ipads are great. All private schools require technology, eg laptops for high school students and yes, *gasp* with internet access. You do have to learn self regulation skills at some point. Why not high school? I'm sure all your kids have smart phones available all day long, not to mention lap tops. Yet you'd gladly "whip up" on "failing reformers" than fix anything for anybody.<br /><br />-Bring ItAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58058542563914361222013-10-29T15:22:31.240-07:002013-10-29T15:22:31.240-07:00I remember reading and re-reading the 1240 documen...I remember reading and re-reading the 1240 document and my alarm at the loss of community/taxpayer/parent control. This post explains so much about why I was feeling that way and the culture that was driving it. Stunningly revealing. MWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35559439609111283792013-10-28T17:07:44.926-07:002013-10-28T17:07:44.926-07:00Deasy went down because of the iPad fiasco. Surel...Deasy went down because of the iPad fiasco. Surely a "businessman" could come up with a better plan of piloting and implementing new technology than this school district superintendent fool did. Oh wait - he IS a businessman. <br /><br />-CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-23389489067133675872013-10-28T16:40:36.974-07:002013-10-28T16:40:36.974-07:00Every time they have a hard time pointing to a lar...Every time they have a hard time pointing to a large school district with diversity and poverty that is on the right track without being lap dogs for corporate style ed reform, I point to Joshua Starr, Superintendent at Montgomery County School District in Maryland... MOCO as it's called. Starr is a star! Just ask: What would Joshua do and then do it. We'd be miles ahead. Kate Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850521672242690825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67782543888337191242013-10-28T16:35:54.978-07:002013-10-28T16:35:54.978-07:00When will we get it through our heads that represe...When will we get it through our heads that representative democracy is a terrible thing? How many Broad quitters must tuck tail and run until we realize it's all our fault for wanting to be heard concerning our children? So, another poor Gates-Broad Urban SI alum loses his 6 figure salary, expensive car allowance, executive office suite in LA with all it's perks, and who grieves for him? <br /><br />Stop Discrimination Against Plutocrats Now! <br /><br />WSDWG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1594092351351703022013-10-28T15:56:43.296-07:002013-10-28T15:56:43.296-07:00Nick Hanauer put $1M into YES on 1240 and Democrat...Nick Hanauer put $1M into YES on 1240 and Democrats for Education Reform were was behind I 1240.<br /><br />Hanauer and Democrats for Education Reform have contributed $31K to Estey's PAC.<br /><br />Hard to believe Estey is against charter schools when her campaign is funded at $225K.William H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12929372539119651422013-10-28T15:38:44.136-07:002013-10-28T15:38:44.136-07:00Dysfunctional boards apparently are boards that ar...Dysfunctional boards apparently are boards that are doing what their voters want instead of what the Walton, Broad, and Gates Foundations wantsPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260807460417787614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57239949860342733612013-10-28T14:48:49.915-07:002013-10-28T14:48:49.915-07:00Wow - really, this bothers them? "Contrast t...Wow - really, this bothers them? "Contrast those district-wide reforms with an elected school board whose loyalties lie with the residents who voted for them.." - that is some scary scary thinking. As long as my tax dollars are (partly) paying for public education, then I get a say too - geez the arrogance is astounding. Unsurprising, perhaps, but astounding.Someonenoreply@blogger.com