Education

RadioActive

Oh, the places you’ll go! On Zoom, in your living room...

Graduation is a time of great fanfare in the United States, but this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, students had to find other ways to celebrate. RadioActive’s Meghana Kakubal and Lila Shroff documented their graduation from Mercer Island High School for KUOW, chronicling intimate moments with friends, as well as the logistics of a drive-through graduation.

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.

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'Counselors, not cops': Seattle students and staff call for district to get police out of schools

Seattle Public Schools' 11-year-old School Emphasis Officer program claims to help keep youth out of gangs and in school. Critics say it is part of the school-to-prison pipeline, and makes schools feel like jails.