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Washington's co-op preschools face existential crisis after new state rules threaten funding

Community and technical colleges statewide are trying to maintain their cooperative preschools, where parents work and learn alongside their children, once major rule changes by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges take effect in July.
- Ann Dornfeld
Episode 4, Adults in the Room: 'Jonathan'

Garfield High mourns a beloved teacher who dies by suicide. One student — who acted as the teacher’s confidant — wonders if he’s to blame.
- Alec Cowan
Anacortes lawyer has raised $800,000 to support Ukraine

What Marketa Vorel witnessed during a trip to Ukraine in 2023 inspired her to create the Sunflower F.U.N.D. to raise money for, “the most urgent needs of civilians and their defenders in Ukraine." So far, she has raised more than $800,000 for the cause. Vorel talked to KUOW’s Angela King about her work.
- John O'Brien
Bird watching and listening with Libby Mills

Chris Morgan goes for a walk with naturalist Libby Mills in her backyard where she helps us slow down, listen deeply, and try to better understand what’s going on in a bird’s world.
- Lucy Soucek
Two Seattle girls learn a secret at their high school. Their lives change forever.
- Alec Cowan
Grey seals of Scotland: my lost tapes from 1994

I dig into 32-year-old audio cassette tapes from my time studying grey seals off the coast of Scotland and reconnect with my professor who hired me all those years ago.
- Lucy Soucek
Back to the future: Genetically modified wildlife

A conversation with Helen Pilcher about the pros and cons of modifying wildlife and the ethics behind changing the very DNA of a wild animal.
- Lucy Soucek
Millionaires' tax could ‘revolutionize’ WA education, OSPI chief says

State School Superintendent Chris Reykdal says a Democratic plan calling for a so-called "millionaires' tax" has the potential to "revolutionize" education in Washington state.
- Noel Gasca
Can new superintendent Shuldiner the burden of Seattle Public Schools?

Ben Shuldiner has officially taken the reins of Seattle Public Schools and he has big plans for Washington state’s largest public school district.
- Libby Denkmann
‘ICE out!’ Seattle students gather downtown to protest federal immigration crackdown

Hundreds of Seattle-area students walked out of school Thursday and gathered at Seattle City Hall downtown to protest the tactics of federal immigration enforcement officers across the country.
- Natalie Akane Newcomb

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