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  • You may browse the data or download the data in CSV format. (can open in any spreadsheet program) This data was compiled by Pat Kippes and provided by Superintendent Dave Bond.  There were 294 total community input sheets tabulated.  Not all questions were answered by all respondents.

    Kennewick School District Strategic Plan Survey Results

    Posted on May 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
    You may browse the data or download the data in CSV format. (can open in any spreadsheet program) This data was compiled by Pat Kippes and provided by Superintendent Dave Bond.  There were 294 total community input sheets tabulated.  Not all questions were answered by all respondents.

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  • Free market fundamentalism didn’t work for our economy or for workers and our communities; there is little reason to hope that this same corporate approach will produce anything better for our schools and children.

    Corporate Reformers will not Create Excellent Schools

    Posted on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Free market fundamentalism didn’t work for our economy or for workers and our communities; there is little reason to hope that this same corporate approach will produce anything better for our schools and children.

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  •   KSD Citizens credits Superintendent Dave Bond for providing this information for publication.  We are grateful for his support. Please read the Kennewick School Board Report for May 11 for background information.

    Proposed KSD Strategic Plan Goals – Community Survey Results

    Posted on May 14, 2011 | No Comments
      KSD Citizens credits Superintendent Dave Bond for providing this information for publication.  We are grateful for his support. Please read the Kennewick School Board Report for May 11 for background information.

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  • The KSD Citizens website is now automatically formatted for mobile devices. Check it out!

    KSD Citizens Mobile

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
    The KSD Citizens website is now automatically formatted for mobile devices. Check it out!

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  • The Washington Post is running a very important series on education reform written by John Goodlad.  He is introduced in “The Answer Sheet” blog as follows: “Goodlad, author of more than three dozen books, is president of the Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle and has held professorships at Emory University, the University of Chicago, the University of Washington and UCLA, where he was dean of the Graduate School of Education from 1967-1983. His1984 book “A Place Called School,” is often credited with launching research efforts on school improvement.” Here is a brief excerpt from the article and a link to the Washington Post. We need to be aware that recent decades of research on cognition reveal hardly any correlation of standardized test scores with a wide range of desired behavioral characteristics such as dependability, ability to work alone and...

    Goodlad on Reform

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
    The Washington Post is running a very important series on education reform written by John Goodlad.  He is introduced in “The Answer Sheet” blog as follows: “Goodlad, author of more than three dozen books, is president of the Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle and has held professorships at Emory University, the University of Chicago, the University of Washington and UCLA, where he was dean of the Graduate School of Education from 1967-1983. His1984 book “A Place Called School,” is often credited with launching research efforts on school improvement.” Here is a brief excerpt from the article and a link to the Washington Post. We need to be aware that recent decades of research on cognition reveal hardly any correlation of standardized test scores with a wide range of desired behavioral characteristics such as dependability, ability to work alone and...

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  • The ultimate purpose of learning is to teach children how to use their minds well. There are public schools across the country that are effective at helping students to develop fully their capacity to learn and think critically. What are the federal policies and pedagogical approaches that best support these schools? Which policy assumptions undermine effective learning in our schools? How can the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rise above No Child Left Behind’s focus on preparing students for standardized tests? These are questions you should be asking school officials. The Kennewick School Board has taken the position that test scores in reading and math are the primary drivers of the school program. Although we believe reading and math are very important, the demands of the new millennium require a far broader school program that focuses on...

    Ultimate Purpose of Learning

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    The ultimate purpose of learning is to teach children how to use their minds well. There are public schools across the country that are effective at helping students to develop fully their capacity to learn and think critically. What are the federal policies and pedagogical approaches that best support these schools? Which policy assumptions undermine effective learning in our schools? How can the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rise above No Child Left Behind’s focus on preparing students for standardized tests? These are questions you should be asking school officials. The Kennewick School Board has taken the position that test scores in reading and math are the primary drivers of the school program. Although we believe reading and math are very important, the demands of the new millennium require a far broader school program that focuses on...

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