tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8253077293618327084..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25692393705908984622016-10-19T13:57:22.928-07:002016-10-19T13:57:22.928-07:00might i suggest a thread on the green dot charter ...might i suggest a thread on the green dot charter chain moving into southeast seattle this fall... they will be recruiting kids from our schools, and are starting now.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/events/1766274130303812/ <br /><br />They are moving into the most diverse part our city just as the NAACP has called for a moratorium on new charter schools, in the context of inadequate funding for public schools. <br /><br />how can we ensure that our southeast public schools are not drained by Green Dot?<br /><br />southend mamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85755893423980069752016-10-19T08:52:58.407-07:002016-10-19T08:52:58.407-07:00No, Outsider, this thread is open but the first bl...No, Outsider, this thread is open but the first blog entry was an attack on Au which really isn't pertinent to the discussion of the BLM event. <br /><br />Jet City Mom, yes, I have to get to that thread. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8397378730245000802016-10-19T08:09:15.142-07:002016-10-19T08:09:15.142-07:00So the district wants 100% of African American stu...So the district wants 100% of African American students to be " college ready".<br />http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/uproar-over-covenant-only-african-american-students-asked-to-sign/458572882<br /><br />What does that mean?<br />You have to bring parents in LONG before high school. <br />Without clear supports, it's about as meaningful as saying they want Michelle Obama as a health educator.<br /><br />And why is the OSPI data five years old?<br />Jet City momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804841958585043967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34993868578623333022016-10-18T19:52:21.739-07:002016-10-18T19:52:21.739-07:00Wait wait ... this blog entry led with notice of a...Wait wait ... this blog entry led with notice of a speech by Wayne Au, which would seem to make him a sensible topic for discussion. Not to mention that the speech is sponsored by a SPS PTA; and was publicized by a school board member; and Mr. Au is a former SPS teacher with close ties to the district who clearly seeks to influence policy and is in a good position to do so given his proximity.<br /><br />I realized that this blog agrees with Mr. Au on one point -- skepticism of standardized testing. But that shouldn't put his broader philosophy off limits.<br /><br />N.B. cuckoos are just normal birds, not especially crazy.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43304943549977896962016-10-18T18:53:31.807-07:002016-10-18T18:53:31.807-07:00Totally agree with you, Melissa. The logic is coo...Totally agree with you, Melissa. The logic is coo-coo bird.<br /><br />Move On to Real IssuesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-11233015754258426162016-10-18T17:43:32.713-07:002016-10-18T17:43:32.713-07:00Whoa, why are so many of you making this about Pro...Whoa, why are so many of you making this about Professor Au who does not have anything to do with SPS? Let's just stop now because we're not doing this anymore.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25295839718163926172016-10-18T15:57:44.346-07:002016-10-18T15:57:44.346-07:00Ok don't you think there's a problem if Di...Ok don't you think there's a problem if Director Harris is mixed-up with Au?<br /><br />From a little googling,<br /><br /> I can see Au is connected with several BLM organizers/protesters many have inked some very controversial statements. Seriously, I wouldn't want this guy around my students. For example Au friends Shanta Driver and Yvette Felarca have condoned acts of violence against anyone who disagrees with BLM positions on racism in public schools. <br /><br />Scary stuff<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-41035941379496029012016-10-18T15:09:18.503-07:002016-10-18T15:09:18.503-07:00I've read blog entries by/interviews with both...I've read blog entries by/interviews with both Au and Hagopian that indicate they do not support AP classes. I suspect they'd support shop classes only if everyone had to take them. Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61631864394053185022016-10-18T14:52:05.619-07:002016-10-18T14:52:05.619-07:00Where does detracking end? Does it mean no AP cla...Where does detracking end? Does it mean no AP classes in high school or no IB? Does it mean no shop classes or other technical skills?curiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50846581674805959522016-10-18T14:43:53.866-07:002016-10-18T14:43:53.866-07:00Wayne Au is a good example of how one succeeds in ...Wayne Au is a good example of how one succeeds in academia: align with the interests of the rich and powerful. A hasty glance might suggest that Au is a social justice warrior who would annoy the rich, and he does indeed flatter himself as challenging power structures. But the reality is opposite.<br /><br />In Wayne's world, you are limited to a mediocre education unless you can afford private school, or can afford to live in a handful of wealthy enclaves with good public schools. That is the real meaning of de-tracking. The rich and powerful are all for it, because it reserves all the best opportunities for their kids. If the economy is ever short of talented people, no problem. Happily there are plenty of foreigners who were well educated in tracked systems overseas who can come here on H1 visas. The other day I heard yet another one of those NPR segments on how social mobility in the US is much lower than people think, and lower than other countries. No duh. The public schools used to be the main engine of social mobility, but people like Wayne Au have put a stop to that.<br /><br />Aside from passing their position on to their own children, the main priority of the rich and powerful is social stability, which they promote with classic divide-and-conquer tactics -- lately by playing minorities against the white middle class. Faux revolutionaries like Au are useful tools in that system. For decades, they played the white <b>blue collar</b> class and rural poor against minorities, but globalization largely eliminated the white blue collar class, and the white poor have become too weak and drug-addicted to be a satisfying target. So the middle class have been pushed into the arena. That is the dynamic that gave sudden rise to Trumpism. Minorities don't gain much in a material sense from being the other side of divide-and-conquer, but they do seem to get some satisfaction.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39774169153672312652016-10-18T14:10:23.156-07:002016-10-18T14:10:23.156-07:00Outstanding American speaks out:
http://www.theda...Outstanding American speaks out:<br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/18/george-takei-an-open-letter-to-america-s-young-voters.html<br /><br />The acclaimed actor and activist writes about how our youth can lead the U.S. to a brighter, more tolerant future post-Trump.<br /><br />" …Many of you know that my family lost our home and spent years in an internment camp because of the very kind of rhetoric and fear that Mr. Trump deploys today. Many forget that it was a Democratic president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued the executive order that set the internment in motion. And few realize that it was a liberal icon, then-Republican California Attorney General Earl Warren, who stoked prejudice and panic in my home state around Japanese Americans, riding a wave of populist hysteria all the way to the governor’s office. Back then, as now, this was not a partisan issue. It was a human one."(more)<br /><br />-McClureWatcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69966583911798857142016-10-18T12:47:23.797-07:002016-10-18T12:47:23.797-07:00reposting for Anonymous(give yourself a name next ...reposting for Anonymous(give yourself a name next time):<br />For those who don't know who Wayne Au is.<br /><br />https://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/blacklivesmatteratschool-hundreds-of-professors-across-the-country-support-seattle-educators-in-their-day-of-action/<br /><br />Dr. Wayne Au, Associate Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell and an editor for the social justice teaching publication, Rethinking Schools, put out a call to professors and scholars to publicly tell the Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle School Board that many experts in the field of education and beyond support Seattle teachers.<br /><br />https://iamaneducator.com/2016/10/16/blacklivesmatteratschool-faq-answering-why-hundreds-of-seattle-educators-are-wearing-black-lives-matter-shirts-to-school/<br /><br />Q: Who has endorsed this Black Lives Matter At School event?<br /><br />A: This event been endorsed by the Seattle Education Association, Seattle PTSA Council board, The Seattle NAACP, Diane Ravitch (former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education), Dr. Wayne Au (editor at Rethinking Schools and professor at UW Bothell) Carol Burris (Executive Director of the Network for Public Education), and a growing list of academics, organizers and activists from around the country.<br /><br />http://www.iexaminer.org/2013/12/seattle-educator-wayne-au-challenges-us/<br />"Seattle educator Wayne Au challenges us to examine our curriculums and alternatives" including detracking.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84368380742779793492016-10-18T11:59:25.644-07:002016-10-18T11:59:25.644-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69076172753652381522016-10-18T10:06:37.106-07:002016-10-18T10:06:37.106-07:00I deleted the first comment because the reader has...I deleted the first comment because the reader has made this point elsewhere a couple of times. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74973591757887768592016-10-18T10:04:11.369-07:002016-10-18T10:04:11.369-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com