Tuesday Open Thread
Noticed the ads have come up. I had to smile - one of the first ones was for charter school information. I've deleted that category.
What's on your mind?
What's on your mind?
Tuesday Open Thread
The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested. It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio. (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
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Here's another blog some may find interesting.
Occupy TFA
Organic plant starts from the Farm class (horticulture to those outside the Nova community!), performances, activities, food and more. Should be lots of fun, and the Farm class has worked hard to get this ready!
Should be interesting.
I don't mind the ads. I'm glad you are getting some compensation for your time.
"While Google often shows you ads based on the content of the page you are viewing, we also show some ads based on the types of websites you visit, view, or where you interact with an ad or other Google product supported by Google's advertising services."
click on Ad Choices
Googler
Add a tip jar and see what happens. Can't hurt.
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Googler
-Downside to monetizing
Yeah, I'm gonna pick my kid's school by looking at their advertising.
Sheesh
Charter ads or maybe some TFA job
postings for Seattle region. Funny !
Public School Parent
Chris S.
The one the Seattle Times was happy to point out in its editorial?
The one in which anonymous "sources" (cough Business Community or Paid Ed Reformers cough) said how bad the new board members are?
Well, today the New York Times calls out the same US Chamber of Commerce as a partisan organization working to subvert campaign disclosure rules. Nice group, that Chamber. We need its input into Seattle schools like a hole in the head.
DistrictWatcher
White Hat Management nears ONE BILLION DOLLARS in charter school funding in Ohio
We have a shortened mid-winter break (I thought we were no longer going to have one)
and we have an extra day off for Memorial weekend.
February 15-18*
Mid-Winter Break - (Revised break schedule in 2012-13)
April 15-19*
Spring Break
May 24-27*
Memorial Day Holiday
I'm curious if anyone on this blog is familiar with the situation. I keep hearing the district and board has no money, but I keep seeing lots of money going into McDonald.
With so many schools really struggling, is this the best use of limited funds?
Fey
McDonald was trying to raise $300k so they would have foreign language IAs, I believe for all K-2(or 3) classes. They may have fallen short.
But this was discussed at C&I and Sherry Carr asked Duggan Harmon and he said they did NOT have to fund the IAs nor does the district require them.
It this is true, then it is very sad.
Look, when they started down this foreign language immersion road, it would have been nice for someone in administration/management to say, "it's going to take X amount of dollars EVERY year." It's not just start-up costs.
Yes, I think this is not what we should be spending money on right now and I would be disappointed to find out this is true.
-skeptic
On Language Arts, she read exactly the same sonnets (Shakespeare) she has had for the last three years, but thinks maybe she was asked different Qs about them. Her friend got the same poems, but had exactly the same Qs about one of them twice on the same exam.
She has learned so much from her teachers this year, but I doubt those exams will measure any of it.
STUPID. WASTE. OF TIME AND MONEY