Seattle Schools Community Forum

Just wanted to give advance notice of this talk but I will have more to say soon.  I greatly admire Ms. Burris and look forward to her talk. To note, the Work Session on the SAP will also be that day at JSCEE but it is from 4:30-5:15pm with a Work Session on the Budget to follow from 5:15-6:45 pm. It is very disappointing that not a single Board member will have a community on Saturday in order to talk with parents about the SAP and get their input. PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN EVENING WITH CAROL BURRIS Closing the Opportunity Gap through Detracking and De-Testing Wednesday, January 11 - 6:30 – 8 p.m.  Garfield High School Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center  400 23rd Avenue, Seattle 98122 Carol Burris will deliver a keynote address regarding the tremendous benefits of detracking, and how ranking students based on their perceived intellectual abilities creates defacto segregation in our schools. Wayne Au, Professor of Education at the University of Washington, ...

On October 19th, 2016 hundreds of Seattle teachers, counselors, paraprofessionals, nurses, instructional assistants, librarians, and other educators will be wearing Black Lives Matter shirts to school in an unprecedented action, “ Black Lives Matter At School .”  That's how the Seattle Equality Educators' FAQ document starts.  I have previously only seen the day called "day of solidarity" but now it seems it is officially "Black Lives Matter at School." There are a couple of con fusing things. 

From Seattle Opt-Out: Press conference on SBAC testing: Opt Out Movement Biggest in Seattle’s History A new gathering of community groups, parents, teachers, and students from across Seattle question the equity and validity of SBAC testing and including: Garfield High School teachers and parents to announce their opposition Technological malfunctions creating testing chaos in schools Seattle/King County NAACP to announce position on the new exam  Opt out numbers from schools around Seattle will be revealed Who : Parents, students and teachers from schools across Seattle, including Nathan Hale, Garfield, NOVA, Franklin, Chief Sealth, Dearborn Park, and more. · Seattle Opt Out group · Parents Across America (PAA), Seattle Chapter · Social Equality Educators (SEE) · NAACP, Seattle/King County Chapter When: Tuesday April 7, 4:00pm Where: Seattle NAACP Headquarters, 715 23rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144