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Monday, June 30, 2014

6-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:





A Common Core News Roundup
It's a cavalcade of news but most of it, not so good.  I have nearly 50 other stories in the hopper.  About Pearson, about Gates, about what else states could do without (gasp!) CC. And then there are the mid-term elections and CCSS.  Current AnalysisA great essay at Vox, The Republican Debate on Common Core is Over.   But the Pew Research Center's recent profile of American political views destro

Great Reading on Ed Reform by a Local Leader
That leader is Trish Millines Dziko who started Technology Access Foundation and is truly a great thinker on how to push the needle forward for students of color using STEM-based curriculum with project-based learning.Trish has written a series on her thoughts about ed reform (she's frustrated) and we think - intentionally - about the work of educating children on a school level. Time to Transform