Refugee children spend summer preparing to enter school in America Last year more than 1,700 refugees entering Washington state were school aged children. But many of them were not ready for the classroom. For nearly a... Ruby de Luna
Fewer Seattle students are getting suspended, expelled, data show Suspensions and expulsions are down in Seattle Public Schools. The district's discipline rates mirror a statewide trend. Ann Dornfeld
How Washington state's law against affirmative action has hurt, or helped, college students Bill Radke speaks with Eugene Volokh and Dr. Jim Sulton Jr. about race-based college admissions. Washington state passed a law in 1998 that prevented... Shane Mehling
Law intended to help homeless students used instead to stack high school sports Bill Radke speaks with Seatle Times staff reporter Claudia Rowe about her investigation into how football and basketball teams at Seattle Public Schools... Bill Radke
We could have fewer international students under proposed Trump plan International students would face tougher scrutiny under a proposal being considered by the Trump Administration. According to the Washington Post ,... Andy Hurst
Has the legislature fully funded education yet? Maybe. It's complicated Bill Radke talks to Summer Stinson, lawyer and vice president of the parent group Washington's Paramount Duty , and Daniel Zavala, director of policy... Bill Radke
Waiting on the details of the Washington state budget Bill Radke talks to Joseph O'Sullivan, Seattle Times Olympia reporter, about the latest information on the state budget deal that Republicans and... Bill Radke
On being the only black man on the Seattle school board When Stephan Blanford ran for Seattle school board four years ago, he won 89 percent of the vote. But he often felt stuck as a member of that board and... Ann Dornfeld
A budget deal reached! But will it fully fund K-12 education? Bill Radke talks to Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the budget deal reached by lawmakers just in time to avoid a partial government shutdown. Bill Radke
Seattle Schools may add ethnic studies to curricula. Critics say it's not enough A Seattle School Board resolution calls for the expansion of ethnic studies in district classrooms. The Seattle-King County chapter of the NAACP first... Ann Dornfeld