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  Hidden Brain

  Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power Of Place And Education

  There's a core belief embedded in the story of the United States — the American Dream. Today we look at the state of that dream as we revisit our 2018 conversation with economist Raj Chetty. We'll ask some questions that carry big implications: can you put an economic value on a great kindergarten teacher? How is it that two children living just a few blocks from each other can have radically different chances in life? And what gives Salt Lake City an edge over Cleveland when it comes to offering people better prospects than their parents?

• KUOW Newsroom

  2,600 Seattle students lack permanent housing

  The Seattle Public School district estimates more than 2,600 students lack permanent housing. The YWCA is starting a new program to help these families find a stable place to stay.
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  Week In Review

  Amazon, education and more this week

  Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Liz Brazile and Knute Berger of Crosscut, and host of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail, Joni Balter.
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  Too white? A criticism of Seattle Public Schools gifted programs for decades

  The disproportionate percentage of white students in gifted programs has become a hot topic in Seattle – and around the country – in recent years. But historical documents in the school district archives illustrate that this debate dates back generations in Seattle.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  Bad grades? Can’t dance at Mercer Middle School in Seattle

  A dance at a Seattle middle school has drawn criticism for excluding some students. And it raises questions about approaches to school discipline.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  One-tenth of Seattle students could be kept home for missing vaccination records

  Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be barred from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.
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  One in ten Seattle Public Schools students could be barred for lack of vaccination records

  Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be excluded from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  E-book battle: King County Library boycotts major publisher

  Macmillan announced libraries would have to repurchase new e-books every two months, instead of every two years.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Students and parents protest racial slurs at north Seattle school

  Parents and students held a protest outside Hazel Wolf K-8 STEM School in north Seattle today calling on school leaders to do more to respond to students’ use of racial slurs.

• KUOW Newsroom

  How can parents prevent deadly fentanyl overdoses?

  Skyline High School in Sammamish held a public meeting Wednesday night to address substance abuse in the community. Two students there have died from fentanyl overdoses since August.

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