Education

Pro-Palestine protesters to disband UW encampment in Seattle after university makes concessions

Agreement signals campus protest tents will be coming down soon

What's the future of the UW's pro-Palestinian encampment? It depends who you ask

KUOW Director of Community Engagement Zaki Hamid sat down with Soundside to talk about his experience speaking with students, faculty, and counter-protestors at the University of Washington about the pro-Palestine movement.

Can Seattle Schools really climb out of its $105 million budget hole?

How Seattle Public Schools' budget woes got so bad

Seattle Public Schools is looking to close more than 20 elementary schools, in order to help solve its massive budget problems. The district is facing a $105 million shortfall this year, and enrollment is declining. We talk with Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University about why the district's budget is in such bad shape, and the implications for closing schools.

Students with disabilities are missing school because of staff shortages

There's a special education staffing crisis in a northern California school district. It means some of the district's most vulnerable students have missed weeks and even months of school.

Marie Fowler, 83, becomes Howard University's oldest doctoral graduate

Fowler earned her doctoral degree in ministry over the weekend. She already has her bachelors and two masters but wasn't sure at her age she could manage the work. She stayed the course.