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After unconfirmed ICE reports prompt sheltering in place, Seattle schools pledges ‘more centralized decision-making’

Seattle teachers, parents, and students remain on edge after unconfirmed reports swirled earlier this week that immigration enforcement officers were operating near several schools.
- Sami West
In Ohio, lawmakers attempt to group Ten Commandments with historic documents in schools

Three states have tried to put the Ten Commandments in schools, and they've been blocked in courts.
How the quest for the giant panda changed modern conservation

Host Chris Morgan interviews author Nathalia Holt about her book The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt brothers’ deadly quest to find the mythical giant panda.
- Chris Morgan
More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
- Elissa Nadworny
More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
- Elissa Nadworny
Feds launch investigations into four WA school districts over trans athletes

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced they are investigating four school districts in Washington state for permitting transgender students to compete in school sports.
- Noel Gasca
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
- Cory Turner
Seattle Schools knew there was methane gas beneath its new high school — but skipped some safety measures

Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school.
- Ann Dornfeld
The Humpback comeback: Vancouver's whales come home

Chris unravels the journey of Humpback whales in the Salish Sea and explores the groundbreaking techniques researchers are using to protect them.
- Lucy Soucek
'Our kids need help.' Washington schools chief calls for tax reforms to fund education

Washington’s current tax code is unsustainable, hurts public schools and middle-class families, and needs reform. That was state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal’s top message Thursday during his annual “State of Education” address.
- Sami West

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