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FROM OLYMPIA: The Color of Education: Washington Legislature grapples with...
Alicia Rivera’s first-grade students follow the teacher to their art class held in a portable facility outside of the school at Pioneer Elementary in Sunnyside, Yakima County. Photo by Elliot Suhr...
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Lawmakers consider ways to help homeless students
Mary Kamandala, originally from Sudan, lower left, with five of her six children (clockwise from top left), Winnie, Charles, Lucia, Dollar and Anna, at a school playground in Tacoma. A program helped...
View ArticleCautious optimism remains for state’s Voting Rights Act
OLYMPIA — After four unsuccessful attempts by lawmakers in past sessions, sponsors of a state Voting Rights Act remain optimistic about action this year. An amended version of House Bill 1745 to enact...
View ArticleFunding issues haunt legislature’s response to court-ordered basic education...
WNPA Olympia News Bureau Teachers’ compensation, teacher shortage, the educational opportunity gap and school districts’ operating levies are all on Washington state legislators’ agenda this session as...
View ArticleCharter School Fix
A candid interview with outgoing DSHS Secretary Kevin Quigley on the state of mental health care in Washington. Plus, the effort to change the law in order to save Washington’s charter schools....
View ArticleHomeless students: 40,000 attending public schools in state
OLYMPIA — Nearly every student experiences struggles at school, but almost 40,000 students in Washington face even stiffer challenges when the school day ends. These students are homeless. Vancouver,...
View ArticleOpponents see parallels between FDR, Trump’s executive orders
Executive Order 9066: 75 years later “It was so un-American for us to do that. Treat people as individuals. Don’t just lump everyone together. That’s what I really don’t understand.” — Tom Ikeda,...
View ArticleThe Washington Youth Academy: Transforming Dropouts Into Graduates
For some high school students, a party habit can lead to to failed classes and even a trip to urgent care. But when they do decide they need to graduate, it may already be too late for them. But there...
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