tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5659497587168773881..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charter News from Around the CountryMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74483864071002834942014-06-02T23:12:39.683-07:002014-06-02T23:12:39.683-07:00Remember that SPS was going to "evaluate"...Remember that SPS was going to "evaluate" how the TFA experiment did at the end of this school year. I won't hold my breath.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85834582815522307322014-06-02T20:50:38.147-07:002014-06-02T20:50:38.147-07:00This is what we get from an idea that is based 99%...This is what we get from an idea that is based 99% on hype and the youthful energy of the best & brightest go-getters. Reality sets in eventually. <br /><br />The TFA life is unsustainable. Period. Hence, churn-baby-churn. <br /><br />Experience? Schmexperience! Who needs it?<br /><br />Waiting for Superman? No. Just waiting for anything sustainable from TFA, or the charters they stock. <br /><br />WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44059587420519244762014-06-02T19:39:48.456-07:002014-06-02T19:39:48.456-07:00SC, just saw this article this afternoon and had w...SC, just saw this article this afternoon and had wanted to post it. Thanks.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17243357036936549912014-06-02T17:48:19.771-07:002014-06-02T17:48:19.771-07:00Public schools can do wonderful things without bei...Public schools can do wonderful things without being charters. Witness Danville Bate Middle School, in Kentucky, and their success with Performance-based assessment.<br /><br />An excerpt:<br />"What makes the Danville experiment particularly noteworthy is that Kentucky was out ahead of the nation on adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English and math. [Principal]Swann believes the standards are worthwhile, but thinks schools can do better than the tests that go with them. Though the new Common Core tests have been touted as improvements over what they replaced, she says they are really 'the same old multiple choice,' and adds, 'I feel like on a standardized test you're really showing what kids don't know.'"<br /><br />Twelve-year-old student Charlie Hall states it best in the article: "Let's get this straight — who is going to be bubbling in answers at their job? No one" <br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/06/01/317433695/in-kentucky-students-succeed-without-tests" rel="nofollow">NPR - Kentucky students succeed without standardized tests</a>seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.com