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brianmrosenthal

  1. "Our school community has suffered a senseless act of violence" -Letter to parents at Leschi Elementary, school of Justin Ferrari's 7-yo son
  2. Interesting development: Melissa Westbrook and Charlie Mas have decided to monetize their influential Save Seattle Schools blog
  3. Should Facebook's minimum age limit be increased (and actually enforced)? bit.ly/KyplcQ #Facebook #cyberbullying
  4. Absolutely heartbreaking story: Man driving through Seattle hit by stray bullet, dies in front of his kids and dad bit.ly/JJq1IG
  5. @kiltederic @seattletimes The full story, which will be posted soon, will have normal commenting. Most people will be reading that
  6. Facebook messages about student's sexual preference lead to melee between students, parents at Whitman Middle seati.ms/MKIj2d #WAedu
  7. Unscientific/informal/online @seattletimes shows Washington is divided over whether to allow in charter schools bit.ly/JCFWZ9 #WAedu
  8. Mitt Romney, today: "Millions of kids are getting a third-world education...This is the civil-rights issue of our era" cbsn.ws/KeBfaH
  9. So, what impact will the charter school initiative have on the governor's race? (Rob McKenna (R) supports charters, Jay Inslee (D) doesn't)
  10. Best press release I've received so far today: "MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayor to Attend Nashville Public Library Puppet Truck Show"
  11. Then why did I pay $4.42/gallon this am? MT @AAAnews Avg natl price of gas has dropped to $3.678/gallon, 7th straight day of price drops
  12. Whoa: @Crosscut, citing "a source," is reporting that charter school supporters have $7M committed to ballot initiative bit.ly/KOI2qh
  13. My love/hate relationship with Seattle weather continues (hint: it is not love right now) twitter.com/brianmrosentha…
  14. RT @WestbrookMel No, I don't think principals should ask kids to touch themselves alone in an office with the principal.
  15. What do you think: Should principals be allowed to ask students to demonstrate inappropriate behaviors they witnessed? bit.ly/KdeyUT
  16. Investigation: Seattle principal's response to alleged sexual incident not in best practices, but didn't violate policy bit.ly/KdeyUT
  17. RT @secstatewa A WA initiative takes about 300k signatures to qualify; deadline is July 6, so time is short for charter school plan.