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October 7, 2009

Seattle Schools' D-Average Decision

News The Seattle School Board was scheduled to vote at its meeting tonight on whether or not to lower the graduation requirement from a C to a D average. While most citizens, parents, education advocates and even students think it’s stupid to encourage stupidity, SPS leadership insists the change in graduation requirements actually increases rigor.  Yeah, [...] read more →


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September 22, 2009

Who's Talking About Race? Who's Listening? And What are They Hearing?

News At a recent candidate forum, a not-so-happy white gentleman said he was switching from Mallahan to McGinn because he thought Mallahan was race baiting. Exhibit A, as told to me: “Joe [Mallahan] says all the youth violence is in the 37th!  Can you believe that? ‘No, it’s not up here where I live, it’s down [...] read more →


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