Politicians in Washington State are attempting to reduce educators to lifeless bits of inaccurate data. House Bill ESSB 5748, which would explicitly link teacher evaluation to standardized test scores, was recently introduced into the Washington State Legislature. Dr. Wayne Au, the University of Washington Bothell's 2015 Distinguished Teaching award winning professor, joined scores of others …
Month: March 2015
Beyond Ferguson: Voices in a youth-led movement for justice
The Seattle PBS affiliate, KCTS Channel 9, produced this new "IN Close" episode which takes a look at aspects of the Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle. This special is a two part series, the first of which includes an interview I gave contesting the Mayor's assertion that "Seattle isn't Ferguson"--the implication being that we …
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