At the beginning of the school year, I went to a showing of Most Likely to Succeed in Bellevue, Washington. I was irritated by the
Author: seattleducation2010
A high school student speaks up about school funding and Washington State’s Paramount Duty
Although recent Washington state level budget changes have created a plan to fully fund education up to the point of no longer being under court
Biocapitalism and the West Virginia Wildcat Teachers Strike
West Virginia’s Teachers became guinea pigs in a state sanctioned experiment to lower the cost of healthcare by directly linking teachers’ implied unhealthy choices – measured
Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy
Reposted with permission from Educationalchemy. If the history of public schools in America is the history of labor production and preparation (i.e. 19th c factory model schools
Ted Dintersmith is not here to save neighborhood schools!
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Dintersmith knows good storytelling has the power to sway people’s opinions and has the money to buy the
Eli Broad is trying to push through another superintendent candidate for Seattle Public Schools, Andre Spencer
Many of us painfully recall our last Broad Superintendent, Dr. Goodloe-Johnson and the chaos she wrought through school closings, successful programs being decimated, an
Six reasons why we don’t want Green Dot charter schools in Seattle
The Green Dot charter chain tried to sneak through a project to open a high school in Seattle’s south end as they had done with
Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 2: Maria Goodloe-Johnson
Editor’s note: As Seattle Public Schools starts to narrow the field of potential superintendents it’s important to learn from past mistakes. Example two: Broad Superintendent Maria
“Smart and Surveilled:” Building Sanctuary Part 3
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. The future is uncertain and unlikely to play out exactly as described. Nevertheless, we must begin to comprehend
Data Unicorns? Tech Giants and US Dept of Ed Form Alliance to Leverage Student Data — Without Parent Consent.
Reposted with permission from Missouri Education Watchdog. Project Unicorn: Billionaire partners promoting data interoperability and online “Personalized Learning” When the Unicorns “protecting” student data are interoperable
Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top
Reposted with permission from Educationalchemy. ESSA was designed to open the flood gates for neoliberal profiteers to not only profit from public educations services (I,e. tests or
Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske
Editor’s note: As Seattle Public Schools starts to narrow the field of potential superintendents it’s important to learn from past mistakes. Example one: Joseph Olchefske. -Carolyn
