Being a parent is nonstop hard work, making it challenging to stay on top of news that impacts families in Washington state. This Hits Home is your weekly hit of news, commentary, and, occasionally, opinion. Want to have a say? Look for the “Take action” prompts. Here’s the update for the week of May 18-24.
This week, we’re start with an opinion, because when I read it last week, I found myself asking: Why do we doom and gloom all things education in Seattle? Below is a solid case for celebrating the good work our teachers and schools accomplish.
Seattle School District ranks highest among large districts. Why don’t we act like it? | Op-Ed
Apparently a lot of us are missing a significant fact: Seattle Public Schools is outperforming nearly every major urban district in the country, according to a new gold-standard Stanford University analysis. The report, which examined math and reading performance across roughly 10,000 school districts nationwide, ranked Seattle in the top 12% nationally and No. 1 among districts in the nation’s 25 largest cities. As SPS Superintendent Ben Shuldiner said earlier this year, “I don’t think you get enough credit for being, really, such a high-performing district.”…