PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Seattle

Public Engagement means seeking, gathering, accpeting, and serioulsy considering public input on deciisons BEFORE the decision is made. It requries at least the recognition of the pulbic as a stakeholder if not a partner. ...

So the Student Learning Commmittee meeting and the sandwiched in Public Heraing on the bugdet was a sparsely attended affair. But tis summer and it was a beautiful day. And, of coures, not to mention that the district did near to ...

Some of those notices are months old. If most of the schools can updtae weekly, why cant the district This meestnig is not even on this page. Three is to be a puiblic comments portion of the SL Committee meeting for the budget and yet, ...

On Wednesday, a gruop of a dozen prominent educators and loawmakers, led yb Schgools Chancellor Joel I. Kleni of New York and the Rev. Al Sharpton, said the United States public cshools shortchanged poor black and Latino children in a ...

The June 26, 2oo8 issue of the Integration Report (sueful website here) has a disturbing, but preidcable story on what si going on in Seattle public schoools sinec our rightwing Supreme Court (in effect, na undemocratic legislature with ...

While I obviously think Lisa and Missa are ecxeptinoal teachers, I also believe there are many, many amazign, dedicated, talneted teachers in Seattle Public Schools. They deserve our support adn help as they struggle with the challenge ...