tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6272809949925569457..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Crosscut Article on UW's College of Ed and Teach for AmericaMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40100152296464649172011-06-13T12:54:50.490-07:002011-06-13T12:54:50.490-07:00Interesting that the staff at PESB feel the UW'...Interesting that the staff at PESB feel the UW's revised proposal is not a public record and is exempt from disclosure at this time. It would not be a good thing if staff is covering for their hapless pals at the UW COE. Does not promote good will with the other universities and colleges that do not ask for special favors.<br /><br />Remember that you can comment on what HAS been made available to date. Make sure PESB submits your comments as publc testimony. Write to PESB@k12.wa.us. Copy Phyllis Wise at pres@uw.edu so she can see the bang-up job the COE is doing kow-towing to Wendy Kopp and Stritikus' ego.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/57105412/UW-Alternative-Route-Application-5-20-11" rel="nofollow">Original Form 2A</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/57105366/PESB-Comments-UW-Seattle-Form-2A" rel="nofollow">PESB Comments</a>StopTFAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605108615707039386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65368117428465702132011-06-12T11:59:59.036-07:002011-06-12T11:59:59.036-07:00"I am surprised no one has mentioned yet the ...<i>"I am surprised no one has mentioned yet the recent hire at SPS, as a Manager of Recruiting. First name is Nathan-not that you can find any names on the new SPS website....<br /><br />A former manager of "Non-Profit Alliances" from TFA."</i><br />---<br />Hummm .. the above sure looks like business as usual with no change despite the change of superintendents.<br /><br />Betty Patu was the only Director that voted against Enfield as interim Superintendent.<br /><br />Betty said that she wanted a clean break from the past with the change in superintendent.<br /><br /><b>Looks more and more like 6 directors wanted a continuation of past practices. </b> The Superintendent has been changed but apparently nothing else .... except of course even "More Spin" added.<br /><br />-------------<br />Classic Board move ... we are doing this in the interest of everyone .... we want to increase trust in the district ... we encourage increased communication .. (And are giving the public 22 hours notice before these three big unilateral moves)dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15333163322591734052011-06-12T11:34:56.816-07:002011-06-12T11:34:56.816-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34701471857718206622011-06-12T09:13:41.332-07:002011-06-12T09:13:41.332-07:00I have not been personal with the Dean (except in ...I have not been personal with the Dean (except in this thread in saying he is self-serving - that is my opinion based on the e-mail exchanges between him and TFA). There is absolutely nothing personal in this issue.<br /><br /> I was at a meeting with her recently and I disagreed with her on Stitikus and the partnership with TFA. And she answering by telling the group (jokingly but I felt inappropriately), "You can see the fight out in the parking lot later."<br /><br />LEV also posts a speech by her about her father and his struggles and how hard he worked. She speaks movingly. <br /><br />But this is the same father that she chose to call out at the Seattle Channel event as the man who "beat the stuffing out of her" regularly. She didn't mention any of the good qualities she learned from him and the push it gave her to get an education at the Seattle Channel meeting. She chose to get extremely personal in a roomful of strangers and tell us about her childhood abuse. And then she yelled at all of us in the audience, saying we blamed kids and families for poor educational outcomes.<br /><br />I think Ms. Korsmo is the one who gets personal.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17534071125455139382011-06-11T23:31:05.524-07:002011-06-11T23:31:05.524-07:00WSEADAWG, I heart you. You always cut through the...WSEADAWG, I heart you. You always cut through the crap to the heart of the matter. Your posts are spot on and highly entertaining to boot. Thanks for that!jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43831337668410509672011-06-11T20:40:07.042-07:002011-06-11T20:40:07.042-07:00And anyone who disagrees with a reformer like Big ...And anyone who disagrees with a reformer like Big Girl Pants Korsmo is likewise the subject of sarcasm and derision. So, on top of being unfunny and obtuse, Korsmo is a hypocrite too. <br /><br />We have no time to discuss things, Korsmo, because the kids are in crisis, so you say. But we do have time for stupid jokes from a thin-skinned, hot-headed melodramatic fool, don't we, Korsmo? Don't we? Clown. WSEADAWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69051694461561757182011-06-11T19:44:35.300-07:002011-06-11T19:44:35.300-07:00Chris Korsmo over at the Gates organ, LEV, took no...Chris Korsmo over at the Gates organ, LEV, took no notice of Melissa's piece in her weekly roundup, but did feel that her pal Tom Stritikus was the victim of commenters' "painfully personal" attacks. Korsmo should put on her big-girl pants:<br /><br />"Circuit Breaker: This guest op-ed by Tom Stritikus, Dean of Education at UW, in Crosscut reads innocuously enough. UW is working to provide alternative certification pathways to teaching, in particular, looking to provide the university backing for the Teach for America (TFA) corps coming to the Puget Sound next fall. A welcome effort in bringing this nationally regarded teaching corps to our ‘hood. But if you read the comments, you’d realize that Stritikus hates puppies, laughed inappropriately during “Steel Magnolias” and eats small chicks for breakfast. He is probably a Cincinnati Bengals fan. When historians record the fall of our current civilization, they’ll track back to the painfully personal way that comment threads kept a lot of people with intellectual prowess out of the public realm. (Aren’t you lucky, you didn’t have to wait for the collapse of civilization to get at its underpinnings.)"<br /><br />http://www.educationvoters.org/2011/06/11/korsmo%e2%80%99s-education-news-roundup-for-june-11th/seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49404339798107072942011-06-11T14:36:48.190-07:002011-06-11T14:36:48.190-07:00It's strange how those who should be the most ...It's strange how those who should be the most embarrassed by their actions often continue to flaunt them.WenDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07754473793580185814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83231313023480777862011-06-11T01:16:41.845-07:002011-06-11T01:16:41.845-07:00This is again an example of FLAT out CRAZY.
It pa...This is again an example of FLAT out CRAZY.<br /><br />It parallels with the explanation of the NSAP.<br />We need to make every school a quality school and the NSAP will do that. ... Huh??<br /><br />We need to close the achievement gap in high poverty schools and TfA will do that. ... Huh?<br /><br />Hummm... the UW College of Education with their Math Education Project .... data shows is a major contributor to poor math scores in High Poverty schools.<br /><br />Dean Stritikus needs to check the data. If the UW CoE would like to narrow the math achievement gap, then do not let the MEP folks into Seattle Schools. Forget TfA check the data ... STOP MEP.<br /><br />===========<br />Bellevue is an UW CoE MEP partner .... and low income students in the BSD do just as poorly as SPS low income students in MATH .... (data from OSPI annual pass rates in math at grades 4, 8, 10).<br /><br />Sure looks to me that Stritikus got his postion at UW based on his ideological stance .... <br /><br />To Improve a System requires the intelligent application of relevant data.<br /><br />What data was Stritikus intelligently applying?<br /><br />What was the SPS Board doing? It seems the only data ever examined is who is doing the pushing of the proposal.<br /><br />2011 -- SPS Director elections ... Reelect no one.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com