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July 7, 2010

What the Seattle Superintendent wants to talk about

Charlie Mas:

In a recent Seattle Times interview, Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson said:
"We don't have charter schools. So let's put that over there, and let's talk about something else. How about kids being successful, how about kids being challenged? How about providing interventions to close the achievement gap?"
Okay. Let's talk about those things.

How about kids being successful and challenged? Under Dr. Goodloe-Johnson's administration, what changes have we seen? On the good side we have seen more AP classes in the high schools that didn't have many before. We have certainly seen more students taking AP classes. That's in the high schools. What have we seen in K-8? More schools have been designated as ALOs, but there is no quality assurance so we don't know if there is anything there beyond the official designation. That's particularly true with Spectrum programs.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 7, 2010 2:44 AM
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