Seattle public schools
Do Seattle Schools Produce Underachievers?
As if Seattle’s public schools weren’t plagued enough, now critics say they are producing underchall
“My sixth-grade son’s report card came home, and he got almost all A’s,” recalls Seattle parent David Price. But what seemed like a cause for celebration quickly turned to concern. “Later, when I asked him how hard his classes were on a scale of one to 10, he said, ‘Four.’” Price, a parent of students…
Feature: Seattle School District Watchdogs
With the firing of Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and ongoing budget cuts, edu
School’s out this month, but for a group of local education advocates, the homework never ends. With recent leadership and budget crises fueling an environment of mistrust, protecting the interests of the more than 47,000 students served by Seattle Public Schools has never been more difficult—or more crucial. Meet the citizen watchdogs who remain vigilant…
Great Schools Come from Great Teachers
Seattle Public School parent Alison Krupnick wonders where all the bad teachers are.
I wanted to write a blog entry about HB 1609, the “Great Schools” bill, which was debated in Olympia this week, but failed to move out of committee. A similar bill in the Senate, SB 5399, was blocked from public hearing by Senator Rosemary McAuliffe, chair of the Senate Committee on Early Learning and K-12…
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