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First skirmish erupts in finding a new Seattle schools chief

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 11:48 a.m.

Personal attacks? Mr. Brewster: You and your ilk are advocating positions which many parents believe, with good reason, will be harmful to the educations of our children. In short: You are messing with our kids, Mr. Brewster, and we don't like it. My kids have already been negatively affected by ...

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First skirmish erupts in finding a new Seattle schools chief

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 11:25 a.m.

I'm seeing a pattern here from Mr. Brewster. It appears he's using Tea Party or Mitch McConnell tactics on the new board, doing all he can to a) blame them for as much of the trouble that preceded them as possible, giving the old board he liked a free pass, ...

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A key value for charter schools: No empty promises made to kids

Posted Thu, Feb 11, 11 p.m.

And the first thankful commenter to the article is a union basher. Go figure.

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A key value for charter schools: No empty promises made to kids

Posted Thu, Feb 11, 9:17 a.m.

I find the timing of this article fawning about charters very interesting. Where is the balance in the piece? National tests have shown that about 80% of Charter students do no better than in traditional public schools, and about 30% do worse. Charters haven't been around long enough to assess ...

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Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy

Posted Mon, Dec 1, 4:21 p.m.

Well put my3sons. But Kris's comments right before yours, are right on the mark as well. Lowell is a community that should not be split up. I fear even more Northend/Southend turf wars should that happen, and we'll be right back at the table in 2 or 3 years with ...

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Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy

Posted Thu, Nov 27, 10:20 a.m.

Angie, my point is: when something works, don't fix it; try to duplicate it in other places. Looking at what capacities will be if APP moves to Marshall and Hawthorne shows that the program won't be able to expand beyond the walls of those schools. So this proposal does not ...

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Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy

Posted Wed, Nov 26, 4:18 p.m.

What population of parents has Dr. G-J been talking to? Parents of children already in the public system, or parents of private school kids saying, "if you had X,Y&Z;, like the private school does, maybe I'd send my kid there? Angie, your presumptive "take", and "guess" that demand would increase, ...

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