tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post1002866877855608300..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Odds and EndsMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85808410815258499142013-10-22T09:53:39.384-07:002013-10-22T09:53:39.384-07:00Seattle is the biggest "rich/poor" check...Seattle is the biggest "rich/poor" checkerboard I've ever seen. If I go don the hill from my house in one direction it's million-dollar+ homes on the lake; in the other it's low-end apartments and public housing. In other cities I've lived in (San Antonio, TX; Syracuse, NY; Rochester, NY)the poverty was more concentrated in specific neighborhoods. <br /><br />SolvayGirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21135301468389805872013-10-21T21:23:36.264-07:002013-10-21T21:23:36.264-07:00There's an article in the New York Times on th...There's an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/language-gap-study-bolsters-a-push-for-pre-k.html?ref=us&_r=0" rel="nofollow">article</a> in the New York Times on the vocabulary gap and the need for universal access to high-quality preschool programs. Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54092760801645826972013-10-21T18:57:10.165-07:002013-10-21T18:57:10.165-07:00Ugh, I get that "too many ed articles" -...Ugh, I get that "too many ed articles" - it's a job just to keep up.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-547782675730764632013-10-21T17:58:11.908-07:002013-10-21T17:58:11.908-07:00Oops, sorry should be Esther Quintero, not Matt Di...Oops, sorry should be Esther Quintero, not Matt DiCarlo as author on the workers article, found on a Shanker blog. (Too many ed articles in front of me.)<br /><br />ughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40863138148096062942013-10-21T17:52:47.329-07:002013-10-21T17:52:47.329-07:00Ah yes, Petrelli, from the conservative Fordham in...Ah yes, Petrelli, from the conservative Fordham institute (Ms. Ravitch has some interesting things to say of her old think tank and of Petrelli himself).He's also "proud to be a private public school parents". <br /><br />Right, meanwhile back to those "undeserving" 6 million youths who are unemployed and/or are school dropouts. Guess that's what happens when you support Jeb Bush's reform method for closing Florida's achievement gap. No to mention Petrelli's rather weak use of statistics to shore up these premises. Give me Matt DiCarlo from the Shanker blog any day. At least he's honest in his POV when he wrote his article, "why do so many workers have bad jobs?"<br /><br />UghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61589287831672050332013-10-21T17:37:36.839-07:002013-10-21T17:37:36.839-07:00Fulcrum Community Communications is indeed working...Fulcrum Community Communications is indeed working on a low-power FM radio license application. Now that the government is open, and democracy restored, the application window has shifted a bit, and will close 2 weeks later than originally planned, on 11/14. We will have a great application, because we've developed an amazing group of volunteers. We've already received one successful grant, incorporated as a non-profit, and have far exceeded even our own expectations.<br /><br />The station will reach and serve the Ballard, Fremont, Greenwood, Phinney, Loyal Heights, and north slopes of Queen Anne and Magnolia. We will also be internet streaming, available worldwide. While not a "school" station owned or operated by Seattle Public Schools, we do indeed hope to provide a platform for a lot of youth-originated programming: music shows, including live shows, interviews, talk, etc. We would like to see radio production classes at lots of area schools, and I have a group of students that meet after school on Wednesdays at Ballard High School that is pretty active. Unfortunately, Seattle Public Schools doesn't move very fast, nor with any great interest except when it comes to testing students. So, for now, nothing official inside schools, but hopefully, programs will develop. It'll take a lot of concerted pushing by parents, I'm afraid. But do I need to point out to the readers of this blog that radio journalism need not be terribly expensive, and is really motivating for kids? Language skills, executive skills, people skills, technology skills - what a great opportunity.<br /><br />There will of course be lots of other kinds of programming. We're talking about cooking shows, gardening shows, shows for seniors, community and business oriented shows, heritage and non-english shows. We even have the great Al Barnes, vintage jazz DJ on KBCS for 2 decades, throwing his lot in with us. We of course want to work with every community group in our service area to help project their information to a wider audience.<br /><br />We meet on Monday evenings at 7 pm. We have a lot to do beyond just finishing the application. Look on our Facebook page - Fulcrum Community Communications - for more info. We welcome both the experienced and unexperienced.Eric Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663977355241677800noreply@blogger.com