2 national headlines with WS relevance

June 28, 2007 at 10:03 am | In Not WS but we're mentioning it anyway, West Seattle schools, Wildlife | 3 Comments

-Bald eagles fly off the endangered species list. WS has regular sightings.

-Seattle Public Schools’ race-based tiebreaker, long on hold, is officially dead.

3 Comments

  1. Raced-based decisions for school admittance is wrong, period.

    Let’s move beyond feel-good false diversity and start by making sure all of our schools are indeed equal. Then we can look at teacher pay and performance (increasing both).

    Comment by eric — June 28, 07 4:06 pm #

  2. wow…I totally agree, eric. I really can’t add anything to what you said…

    Comment by Jan — June 28, 07 4:31 pm #

  3. Well stated.

    Comment by The House — June 28, 07 4:56 pm #

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