Seattle Schools' Professional Development Study
Update: Yesterday, I said this about the "study" Despite my suspicions about how this study came about, there is some solid information here and is worth a read. As you can see, I changed my mind. Why don't I believe this is a serious study? I am unsure who Ms. Liu talked to and when and what data she looked at to conduct and then write the report on the study. There is a lot of vagueness in the report on this point. She mentions talking to staff in Teaching and Learning, HR, and Business and Finance. She says she spoke to: Senior-level professionals in Central Office at SPS and assistance from many more. So who did she talk to and when and for how long? Who authorized her to talk to all these people and why? But the real question for me is why the district decided to open the door to an non-educational outside entity line OSC who used just one researcher. Because I can think of many other grou...