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  Seattle School Board names lone superintendent finalist, a district leader recruited from Michigan

  An experienced district leader from Michigan is set to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.

  • Sami West
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  'Ghost students' are haunting WA community colleges — to steal financial aid

  AI-generated students are taking advantage of community colleges in Washington state, filling classes, and spiriting away federal loans and grants.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  Another former teacher at Mercer Island High faces accusations of sexual misconduct

  For the second time in six months, the Mercer Island School District is responding to an allegation that it mishandled a sexual misconduct case involving a teacher. Investigate West reporter Moe K. Clark wrote both stories. She told KUOW’s Rob Wood about her reporting.

  • Rob Wood
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  Were school Covid closures worth it? Not really, UW study finds

  Covid-era school closures caused the U.S. significant economic and educational loss while being less effective than other transmission interventions, according to new research.

  • Sami West
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  No cops at Garfield High. Seattle School Board rejects plan to revive resource officer program

  Garfield High School will not get an armed on-campus Seattle police officer this year after all.

  • Sami West
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  UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, apparent Nazi salute

  University of Washington police are investigating an incident where a man interrupted a human sexuality lecture. A viral video of the incident shows the intruder shouting gay and ableist slurs and appearing to make a Nazi salute as the class jeered him.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  School district investigating Bothell principal who posted about Charlie Kirk on social media

  Eric McDowell's post on his personal Instagram said gun control is more effective than thoughts and prayers, and Charlie Kirk would still be alive with sufficient gun control.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Seattle's new $297-million high school was built on a peat bog. Then the foundation started settling

  Months before the long-awaited, brand new Rainier Beach High School opened to students last April, engineers on the $297-million project reported problems with the building’s foundation to the city, records show.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  Seattle high school students walk out in protest of new lunch policy

  Hundreds of Seattle Public Schools students walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered outside of district headquarters to push back against a new lunch policy.

  • Noel Gasca
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  Washington’s K-12 standardized test scores still below pre-pandemic levels

  Standardized test scores for Washington public school students improved slightly this year, according to data the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction released Wednesday.

  • Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard

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