tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post2577987384212690992..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Alexander, Murray Announce Bipartisan Agreement on Fixing NCLBMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44979007391560304892015-04-08T19:29:33.672-07:002015-04-08T19:29:33.672-07:00Watching - the latest ESEA/ex-NCLB draft is a gif...Watching - the latest ESEA/ex-NCLB draft is a gift to charter profiteers everywhere. <br /><br />CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33184800226076968742015-04-08T13:41:25.963-07:002015-04-08T13:41:25.963-07:00Not to mention Obama's wholehearted support of...Not to mention Obama's wholehearted support of charters. Nope, NCLB won't change that.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82999712135832535302015-04-08T11:52:51.426-07:002015-04-08T11:52:51.426-07:00Watching, the Senate ESEA rewrite that was release...Watching, the Senate ESEA rewrite that was released yesterday would provide money to start new charter schools and to replicate and/or expand current charter schools.<br /><br />With the GOP in the majority in Congress, this is to be expected.<br /><br />--- swkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8035955296766650732015-04-08T10:16:03.612-07:002015-04-08T10:16:03.612-07:00CT and Melissa,
The feds used funding to promote ...CT and Melissa,<br /><br />The feds used funding to promote charter expansion. Do you know: Would the NCLB rewrite disallow this practice?Watchingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49879030068949084802015-04-08T09:23:45.886-07:002015-04-08T09:23:45.886-07:00Directors Peters and Patu put forth a resolution t...Directors Peters and Patu put forth a resolution that would be consistent with nCLB revision.<br /><br />There was a Curriculum and Instruction meeting to discuss a resolution put forth by Directors Betty Patu and Sue Peters. The resolution would ask Randy Dorn to suspend the use of SBAC towards the use of AYP. <br /><br />Director Peaslee felt it necessary to send a statement in OPPOSITION to this request and Director Martha McLaren DID NOT support the fore-mentioned resolutions.<br /><br />These two directors are up for re-election and all attempts should be made to disallow them back into office. It was there responsibility to speak-up.<br /><br />SPS used tens of thousands of children to develop baseline information for SBAC and neither McLaren or Peaslee spoke in opposition--when it mattered.ATC&IMeetingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31026759026102737412015-04-08T09:16:56.445-07:002015-04-08T09:16:56.445-07:00Au Contraire...
There is a lot of quality researc...Au Contraire...<br /><br />There is a lot of quality research into what works in education. The tragedy is that most of it is ignored because it's not sexy enough to rally a cause around.<br /><br />Example: the proper use of "Formative Assessment", particularly effective use of both questioning of and feedback to students to help move their learning forward, has amongst the highest effect sizes of any instructional technique. Unfortunately, that's not something you can measure on a test, so it gets no play in the press or in Congress.<br /><br />An AdministratorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63091894779062092252015-04-08T07:37:57.135-07:002015-04-08T07:37:57.135-07:00"Evidence-based" is just the management/..."Evidence-based" is just the management/sales jargon of the day. There is very little quality research in education. Nearly everything teachers learn in education programs is based on discredited or just unsubstantiated theory. These same theories are marketed along with textbooks and testing endlessly, but are not "evidence-based".<br />ParentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34123807057569805202015-04-08T05:44:37.396-07:002015-04-08T05:44:37.396-07:00I do like that it essentially hobbles the Dept of ...I do like that it essentially hobbles the Dept of Ed from pulling anything like Arne Duncan has pulled in his terms. No more federal overreach in education. However, the annual testing and the charter school cash giveaway is not OK. Notice the phrase "evidence-based" being used for public & public magnet schools, but I'm not seeing that for charters. <br /><br />CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30676606072002188142015-04-07T15:05:22.140-07:002015-04-07T15:05:22.140-07:00It still requires testing almost every grade. Once...It still requires testing almost every grade. Once in elementary, once in middle, once in high is enough to evaluate schools for targeted help.<br /><br />I liked having MAP data for my kid twice a year, but even I think things have gotten out of hand. <br />TechyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650916001250022778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84658068031649543252015-04-07T13:06:43.137-07:002015-04-07T13:06:43.137-07:00but restores to states, local school districts, te...but restores to states, local school districts, teachers, and parents the responsibility for deciding what to do about improving student achievement<br /><br />Right...at SPS parents are never included in any decisions. <br /><br />Dream onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43175348057625391752015-04-07T13:05:49.351-07:002015-04-07T13:05:49.351-07:00To note as well from the National Journal:
-"...To note as well from the National Journal:<br /><br />-"If it survives the committee more or less intact with a respectable bipartisan vote, Alexander expects the measure to be on the Senate floor in the weeks after the committee reports it."<br /><br />- "But No Child Left Behind also did some damage. It set up achievement targets that schools had to meet or face penalties. Those targets, it turned out, were poorly calibrated and put many school districts in dire situations. Lack of congressional progress on an education bill then forced the Education Department to dole out waivers to states if they met certain criteria."<br /><br />"A particularly important win for Murray is the bill's allowance of federal funds for early education programs. A former pre-school teacher, she has championed the cause of educating the youngest children since she came to the Senate two decades ago." <br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.com