tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4636516241038884983..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education Reform vs. education reformMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83514234945438990462014-08-05T20:41:41.693-07:002014-08-05T20:41:41.693-07:00open ears post brings us once again to the sorry s...open ears post brings us once again to the sorry state of "principals" in schools. The minority who are good -- who are courageous leaders of their schools, who inspire (and back up) good teaching -- seem to be outweighed by the many who undermine teaching, cannot lead bread crumbs out of a paper bag, and fail to understand real basics (like the importance of content -- not just "skills"), etc. <br /><br />Lots of pots boiling right about now -- but it seems to me that the new interim Supe could make serious headway in improving learning by kids (the real, ultimate, only goal of all this) if he undertook a rigorous review of the efficacy of his current principals, and helped us figure out: (1) how to get rid of the ineffective ones (without promoting them to downtown positions where they can continue to underwhelm and to bedevil those trying to get their jobs done), (2) how to support the good ones (including those hew and on learning curves, but who have lots of potential, (3) how to do a better job of identifying new principals so as to diminish the damage done to schools, teachers, and kids by those inclined to either be fools or bullies -- or both. <br /><br /> <br /><br />JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37106801000115857262014-08-05T18:36:43.212-07:002014-08-05T18:36:43.212-07:00Oh yes, parent, our principals need to read this a...Oh yes, parent, our principals need to read this and believe it. Teachers are being constantly told that content doesn't matter because kids can look up anything they want to know on their phones. What we are told we should be teaching is skills, just skills, because the kids will just forget any content we teach them. Where are the principals getting this? Tolley and Heath?<br /><br />open earsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21082860858640432622014-08-03T10:22:24.701-07:002014-08-03T10:22:24.701-07:00Good paragraph on principals and why we need due p...Good paragraph on principals and why we need due process for teachers.<br /><br />It would seem that the Times has their favorites for op-eds by ed reformers (and if your name is Chris, you stand even a better chance - either Korsmo or Eide). It's getting a little obvious who they print.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57728616094560034022014-08-03T02:22:54.925-07:002014-08-03T02:22:54.925-07:00Hi!
Could you sign this petition: change.org/peti...Hi!<br /><br />Could you sign this petition: change.org/petitions/board-of-education-and-all-educational-facilities-and-municipalities-reform-education-so-that-it-s-fair-for-all-and-not-for-the-elite-few-or-the-dull-many-no-child-left-behindEducation Reform Movementhttp://education-reform-movement.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89870045110299745772014-08-02T17:50:22.671-07:002014-08-02T17:50:22.671-07:00I'd bet economic necessity drove Eide to becam...I'd bet economic necessity drove Eide to became a substitute teacher - the ultimate irony!!!Sahilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610179287237833742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70008844635217761132014-08-02T17:20:33.199-07:002014-08-02T17:20:33.199-07:00Chris Eide (Gates funded) being featured on the ST...Chris Eide (Gates funded) being featured on the ST Education Blog (Gates funded) has the legitimacy of Tide being plugged into a Simpson's episode when P&G is the sponsor.<br /><br />When Eide got tired of responding to those who said he wasn't he teacher, he became a substitue teacher. In his eyes, he can call himself a "current teacher" with a clear conscience. That doesn't pass the smell test either.<br /><br />Ethics matter. People are not fooled by this guy, who happens to be the husband of the former SPS ed director who tried to fire longtime principal, Martin Floe.<br /><br />--enough alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com