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Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy
It puts school closures ahead of much more important policy decisions, and it is a poor way to solve budget problems.
Dick Lilly
Dick Lilly is a former Seattle Times reporter who covered Seattle neighborhoods, City Hall and public schools during 14-years with the paper. From 1999 until his retirement in 2015, he worked for Seat
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Good news wrapped in a conundrum at Rainier Beach High School
“ The Seattle Times on Monday's front page [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2004256068_rainierbeach24m.html] wanted to know if Rainier Beach High School is headed, finally, for a renaissance – or at least a rediscovery by southeast Seattle families. The school is rapidly pushing WA
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Critics cut to the core of our curriculum
When it comes to problems with our schools, there's a lot more insight in Robert Jamieson's Thursday column [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/353021_robert28.html] than in the school district's curriculum audit by consultants Phi Delta Kappa International, summarized elsewhere [http://seattlep
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Why voters expelled the Seattle School Board class of 2003
Riding in on overreaction to a financial crisis, these reformers were so wrapped up in their various political agendas that they lost sight of the basics of educating kids. They paid a price in this week's election.
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Using income, instead of race, to identify disadvantaged students
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that race cannot be used as a factor in assigning students to schools, family income is likely to play a big role in the Seattle district – in determining where students attend classes, in allocating resources to neighborhood schools serving disadvantaged ki