Seattle Public Schools

How can Seattle Schools improve remote learning this fall?

With the new school year fewer than six weeks away, and now set to begin with remotely, families, staff and education advocates are calling on Seattle Public Schools to drastically improve how it serves students from afar after a rocky start to distance learning this spring.

Classes will likely be part in-person, part remote for Seattle Schools students this fall

The plan Superintendent Denise Juneau released today will be enacted in the likely event that schools cannot fully open - and are not again shuttered due to Covid-19.

Seattle Schools 'A' or 'Incomplete' grading policy inequitable, some parents and teachers say

The Seattle Special Education PTSA has called on the school board to amend the policy to ensure that high school students with disabilities do not receive 'incomplete' grades.

school abuse

‘My first-grade teacher was my first bully.’ More allegations surface against Seattle teacher

After a KUOW investigation revealed a Seattle elementary teacher’s history of discipline for physical abuse, eight more individuals and families have come forward with similar stories in Martin McGowan’s classroom. It raises new questions about why some reported incidents don’t show up in the teacher’s discipline record.

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Seattle parents outraged by teacher abuse revelations, but superintendent remains silent

Seattle parents are calling for Superintendent Denise Juneau to address revelations that the district let abusive teachers return to the classroom, sometimes after multiple incidents of misconduct.