This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones Colleges don't yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there's pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible. Sequoia Carrillo
A food union officer and district alumna: Meet Seattle schools' newest board members The Seattle School Board has chosen two new members to join their ranks. Sami West
Former student sues Seattle Schools after teacher punched him in the face Seattle Public Schools faces a lawsuit from a 2018 incident in which a math teacher at Meany Middle School punched an eighth-grader in the face in front of the entire class. Ann Dornfeld
School principals get creative to keep their staff in the classrooms Hundreds of K-12 school leaders from across the country were in Washington, D.C., recently to talk with lawmakers. One of their main messages was: staffing shortages are still a problem. Cory Turner
Why Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation Oregon schools are struggling more than others across the country to recover academic learning losses. Experts say one likely reason is a lack of statewide consistency in tutoring interventions. Katia Riddle
Students are still waiting for aid offers from colleges after a delayed FAFSA rollout Students have waited months to find out how much financial aid they will receive for school. Delays and errors by the Department of Education mean they'll be waiting a while longer. Sequoia Carrillo
After receiving racist hate mail, UW students call for action Some University of Washington students are calling on school officials to take action in the wake of a string of Islamophobic incidents on campus. Sami West
Why the University of Idaho marching band members are heroes in Connecticut When Yale's marching band wasn't able to make it to March Madness, the Sound of Idaho stepped in — and went viral. A week later, Connecticut's governor proclaimed a "University of Idaho Day." Rachel Treisman
Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further Students may have to wait even longer for their financial aid award letters due to an Education Department error Sequoia Carrillo
Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed after over two weeks in captivity Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests. The Associated Press