Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform Both on the Move/Slowly Imploding

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform Both on the Move/Slowly Imploding:

Ed Reform Both on the Move/Slowly Imploding

There have been a number of hugely important ed reform stories from around the country in the last couple of weeks.  But naturally, my focus was on the strike and the charter law ruling. 

Here's what has been happening in Florida and California.

Two big stories out of Florida; one is about the Gates Foundation leaving one district holding the financial bag on a huge project, the other is about Florida superintendents' letter of no confidence in their state testing.

From the Tampa Bay Times:

A seven-year effort to put better teachers in Hillsborough County schools is costing the system millions of dollars more than officials projected. And the district's partner in the project, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is spending $20 million less than expected. 

The numbers, found in recent reports, differ significantly from what was commonly understood about the high-profile partnership, known as Empowering Effective Teachers. The district was to raise $102 million Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform Both on the Move/Slowly Imploding: