Ann Dornfeld
Stories
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A Welder Reflects: 'I’m A Different Person Than I Was. I Have A Trade.'
When Shannon Kelley started a free worker retraining program last summer, he was 43 years old and had been laid off for five years.
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State Deal To Give Media Organizations Student Data Alarms Privacy Experts
Editor’s Note: This story has been changed to strengthen its focus on student data privacy. The original version, which contained more specifics from an...
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Ruling Allows Charter Schools To Move Forward In Washington
A King County Superior Court ruling Thursday will allow the introduction of charter schools in Washington, but struck down part of the law as...
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Charter Schools' Volunteer Demands Could Deter Poor Families, Critics Say
Proposals for Washington state's first-ever charter schools include a wide range of educational models, from a focus on team sports to a military school.
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22 Contenders Vie To Become State's First Charter Schools
A military school for at-risk youth. A high school that uses sports to teach life lessons. A school focused on special education. These are three of the...
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Seattle School Board Approves New Boundaries At Seven Hour Meeting
At a seven-hour meeting on Wednesday night, the Seattle School Board approved controversial new boundaries – to the chagrin of parents, teachers and...
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Seattle Parents Rankled By School District's Proposed Boundaries
At 6:55 a.m. last Friday, wearing a red backpack and holding an apple fritter, 11-year-old Arlo Jackson trudged out the door to Mercer Middle School.
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State Schools Chief Asks Legislature For Another $544M
Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn is calling on the Legislature to add more than half a billion dollars for K-12...
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Meet The (Hopeful) Charters: Some Mixed Records, Others Just Failing
Supporters of last year’s charter schools initiative in Washington state promised the law would bring successful charter models from across the country
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A Look At Washington's First Charter School Contenders
Correction 10/24/2013: This story has been changed to correct the number of schools that can be approved in the first round of applications. More than two