Seattle Schools is applying for federal funding to target three failing schools with large minority populations. Cleveland High, Hawthorne Elementary and West Seattle Elementary are on the state’s lowest-performing list, making them eligible for federal grants of up to $2 million a year. At all three schools, the district plans to pilot a new evaluation …
On February 9th voters will be asked to approve two levies for the Seattle School District; the BTA levy III and the Operations Levy. The BTA is ‘dedicated’ funding for buildings, technology and academics/athletics. It’s become the go-to pot of money for the district. Like most things in the district, building maintenance is a huge …
A few weeks ago, a local college student contacted me to ask me about the media, blogging and school closures for a research project she is working on. Much of the conversation centered around what bloggers like yours truly reported re: closures, and what the daily papers reported- or didn’t. The Sundquist/Cooper/Arbor Heights debacle obviously …
Don’t worry, I didn’t go- I know, hard not to, right? But the SeattlePI.com and other media outlets were allll over it. In case you somehow missed it, Seattle’s very own convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau and her husband and former victim, hosted “Hot for Teacher” night at an area club, and according to …
All has been quiet on the Seattle Schools front as of late- we should have known it was the calm before the storm; the category 5, we’re-not-in-Kansas-anymore- storm. As most of you already know, we have a severe problem with state funding for public education; Washington state is 43 in the nation for per-pupil funding- …