Rainy Day Recess

Rainy Day Recess Rainy Day Recess aims to increase public understanding of Seattle Public Schools and the broader factors impacting public education.

For The Grade, Christie Robertson looking back on her two years of parent-run education podcasting, and the sustainabili...
11/19/2025

For The Grade, Christie Robertson looking back on her two years of parent-run education podcasting, and the sustainability and limits of hyperlocal coverage.

With two years, two podcasts, and over 100 episodes under her belt, a Seattle parent describes sustainability issues that have challenged her efforts from the start.

New Episode: A Forensic Analysis of SPS, Part 1 – The Ghost of John StanfordIn 1995, Seattle hired a retired Army genera...
11/12/2025

New Episode: A Forensic Analysis of SPS, Part 1 – The Ghost of John Stanford

In 1995, Seattle hired a retired Army general to run its schools.
In just three years, John Stanford reshaped Seattle Public Schools—introducing market-based reforms, open choice, and site-based management.
Researcher Vivian Van Gelder joins Rainy Day Recess to trace how those reforms still echo through the district today.

Listen and read the full transcript:
https://www.rainydayrecess.org/2230213/episodes/18168203-a-forensic-analysis-of-sps-with-vivian-van-gelder-part-1

📄 Read Vivian’s report Left to Chance on SESEC: sesecwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Left-to-Chance-Report-FINAL.pdf

In this first installment of our three-part series unpacking Left to Chance: Student Outcomes in Seattle Public Schools (2024), hosts Christie Robertson and Jasmine Pulido sit down with report author Vivian Van Gelder to trace thirty years of refo...

Summer/Fall Update with RDR news -
09/10/2025

Summer/Fall Update with RDR news -

Co-hosts Christie, Cherylynne, and Jasmine give updates on some SPS developments over the summer, school board election results, and a big change coming soon to Rainy Day Recess.Summer School Board MeetingsJuly 2 School Board MeetingJuly 30 Specia...

District 5 (roughly east Seattle) School Board Candidate interviews are out! Check out all 6 candidates - Allycea Weil, ...
07/18/2025

District 5 (roughly east Seattle) School Board Candidate interviews are out! Check out all 6 candidates - Allycea Weil, Janis White, Julissa Sanchez, Landon Labosky, Vivian Song, and Vivian Van Gelder on rainydayrecess.org.

District 4 (roughly central Seattle) School Board Candidate interviews are out! Check out Laura Marie Rivera, Bill Campb...
07/16/2025

District 4 (roughly central Seattle) School Board Candidate interviews are out! Check out Laura Marie Rivera, Bill Campbell, and Joe Mizrahi on rainydayrecess.org.

You can find interviews with all District 2 (NW Seattle) Seattle school board candidates now on rainydayrecess.org.
07/14/2025

You can find interviews with all District 2 (NW Seattle) Seattle school board candidates now on rainydayrecess.org.

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