Tuesday Open Thread
Anyone go to the SPS Sped meeting last night?
This Friday is the deadline to file for elected races for November. Still no one from Director Peaslee's district has filed. I'm sure someone will and that one person will just walk onto the Board. That's a terrible thing for democracy, no matter who the person is.
Speaking of school board races, there is a candidate forum at the Fightin' 46th this Thursday at the George Center for Community, 2212 NE 125th St. It opens at 7 pm with the program starting at 7:30 pm. It's a great opportunity to meet the candidates. (Note: I'll have a candidate wrap-up thread, probably on Sat morning of all the candidates, their websites/Facebook pages, etc.)
SPS' request for a waiver from NCLB was denied by the U.S. Department of Ed. Seattle had applied on its own because its teacher contract DID include use of test scores in triggering a look at teaching in any given classroom but did not include using test scores in teacher evaluations. (I would say that Seattle struck out on a pretty good path of looking to help teachers, not punish them.) The feds said no to the idea of one district being able to work outside of the state's structure.
The Times is reporting that a group of eight schools in California DID get their own waivers even as California didn't. However, those districts are using test scores for teacher evaluation.
Lastly, and sadly, a teenaged girl in Marysville, walking with a friend on train tracks, was killed on Saturday by a train. Explain to your children that trains DO run on the train tracks and tell them that tracks are no place for kids to walk or play. She sounded like a wonderful young lady.
What's on your mind?
This Friday is the deadline to file for elected races for November. Still no one from Director Peaslee's district has filed. I'm sure someone will and that one person will just walk onto the Board. That's a terrible thing for democracy, no matter who the person is.
Speaking of school board races, there is a candidate forum at the Fightin' 46th this Thursday at the George Center for Community, 2212 NE 125th St. It opens at 7 pm with the program starting at 7:30 pm. It's a great opportunity to meet the candidates. (Note: I'll have a candidate wrap-up thread, probably on Sat morning of all the candidates, their websites/Facebook pages, etc.)
SPS' request for a waiver from NCLB was denied by the U.S. Department of Ed. Seattle had applied on its own because its teacher contract DID include use of test scores in triggering a look at teaching in any given classroom but did not include using test scores in teacher evaluations. (I would say that Seattle struck out on a pretty good path of looking to help teachers, not punish them.) The feds said no to the idea of one district being able to work outside of the state's structure.
The Times is reporting that a group of eight schools in California DID get their own waivers even as California didn't. However, those districts are using test scores for teacher evaluation.
Lastly, and sadly, a teenaged girl in Marysville, walking with a friend on train tracks, was killed on Saturday by a train. Explain to your children that trains DO run on the train tracks and tell them that tracks are no place for kids to walk or play. She sounded like a wonderful young lady.
What's on your mind?
Comments
Sadly, the Department of Education has Dorn's support. Dorn has been a terrible disappointment. Not only does he support involving the state in union contract issues, he was the one that brought us this mess called SBAC.
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BS
BS
More BS
Large distortion of the truth
Damage control
We can't talk about Stevens case
Everyone shut up now
See you in 2018
Doors close
Same Boss
Interested
Jo Boaler is a big time Math Ed Reformer. She does not have all of the math facts memorized. This explains so much about the nonsense she peddles.
In Ed Week HERE
Given her childhood was during what she calls the "progressive era" for math education, Boaler was never forced to even memorize her times tables—and still does not know them all by heart to this day.
"I have number sense, which we know is much more important," she explained. "I have a feel for numbers and can work them out quickly."
For instance, in computing 7 x 8, she does 80 (or 8 x 10) minus 24 (or 8 x 3).
Above all, don't ever give the microphone to the consumers!
Reader
Thanks.
~Worried
Director District No. 1 Scott S. Pinkham
Arik Korman Withdrawn
Does Scott have children currently attending SPS, if not he is not qualified to run...end of story.
It doesn't matter if he is going to fight for native American students or not, because it's just going to be difficult to convince voters he will represent non- native American students.
TT
Reality bites
Is Ballard in the 1st ? Doesn't matter he withdrew.
TT
reader47
-sleeper
-sleeper
We don't need CEO types or developers, we need parents who have been in the trenches for better or worst. We need plain spoken people not seeking higher office, but aren't intimidated by the Monday club or Bill Gates!
TT
TT
Blanford didn't run unopposed, it only seemed that way. His opponent was the woman who condemned Cheryl Chow for being gay, when Ms. Chow was dying.
From Blanford's LinkedIn page:
"Elected in Nov., 2013 with 88% of the vote (a record!)"
- reality check
http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/candidatefiling/who-has-filed.aspx
-sleeper
https://news.cs.washington.edu/2015/05/13/a-place-to-remember-gaetano/
That's like saying a racist can't do harm to racial minorities while in public office.
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