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Peter Callaghan takes a less rosy approach to World's Fair writing. In other news the spotlight is on the superintendent search, where more info is coming to light about the three candidates, and the Occupy movement has found a new target.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWMidday Scan: Seattle targets 3 superintendent candidates
Three veterans from the West Coast are in the running. Meanwhile, preparation for the waterfront tunnel is moving forward. A blogger gives a downbeat answer on Seattle's ability to support more sports teams.
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Less insult, more discourse: How Seattle should talk about schools
It's hard to make progress when so much energy is expended and so much pain is inflicted at the first sign of disagreement. Some ideas on restoring civility among ourselves and effectiveness to school improvement efforts.
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Seattle needs stable school leadership
The system has experienced a level of turnover that stands in the way of the kind of educational improvements everyone wants.
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Green Acre Radio: Aki Kurose's middle schoolers learn healthy cooking
An innovative class is helping 6th and 7th graders learn about cooking from scratch, with healthy, local foods.
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A dream deferred: Showdown nears over Seattle's long-delayed World School
The Seattle district may soon revive its commitment to a central multilingual high school -- or send refugee students and their teachers bouncing across the city again.
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A coalition of the willing wants more say on a new superintendent
The Seattle School Board limits "key stakeholders" to district employees and the PTSA, but a broad coalition of reform and ethnic interests clamors for a say. They'll get it, but only for the late innings of the search.
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Southeast Seattle's long, hot winter of violence
Beset by a surge in robberies and homicides, police, politicians, and undaunted Rainier Valley residents walk the walkabout together, and talk a new talk of cooperation and community renewal.
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First skirmish erupts in finding a new Seattle schools chief
The School Board feels its way with its more independent-minded members, hoping to present a more solid picture to candidates for the hot seat. The argument over board protocol seems arcane, but much is riding on it.
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Training for jobs has shifted to community colleges. But shouldn't we offer opportunities to relate career interests to classes in high school, even if it contradicts the mantra of college for all?
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Memo to Seattle Schools: Leadership is not the (only) problem
The Seattle school district seems to be the Bermuda Triangle of superintendents, with a new national candidate search every three years. Could it be that finding the right leader for the district isn't our real problem?
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Best of 2011: Seattle elections: still too much bland leading the bland
That most incumbents deserve reelection and are doing fairly well does not eliminate the need for important structural changes.
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Seattle's new school-bus plan riles parents
To save $1 million, the Seattle School District may start to pick up kids an hour earlier in the mornings.
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New Seattle schools' chief: Banda aims to boost trust
The Seattle Times reports, "The man tapped as the next leader of Seattle's public schools said Monday he plans to spend his first year on the job getting to know the city without making major changes."
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Now it's a two-person race for Seattle School Superintendent
The Seattle Times reports, "The withdrawal of Seattle superintendent finalist Steven Enoch late Saturday leaves the School Board with two candidates who showed starkly different leadership styles during their visits here last week."
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Susan Enfield, new Seattle Schools chief, is busy changing tone of the office
She's all about listening, quite a change from her predecessor, and shaking up the central office.
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