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  KUOW Newsroom

  Bellevue says it will use non-union staff to reopen schools as labor conflict intensifies

  Bellevue School District plans to reopen buildings to 2nd-graders Thursday, despite a vote by teachers and other school staff to stay home due to Covid safety concerns.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Federal probe opened into whether Seattle Schools failed special ed students during pandemic

  The U.S. Department of Education has launched a probe of what it called “disturbing reports” regarding Seattle Public Schools’ alleged failure to provide specialized instruction to students with disabilities during the pandemic.
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  RadioActive

  RadioActive's 2020 through stories and photos by teens

  Even though we couldn't meet in person for most of the year, RadioActive Youth Media still worked with about 300 young people in 2020 - creating 29 original radio stories, podcasts, and photojournalism essays. If you missed any of these incredible perspectives from young people, catch up here.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  'Time for an intervention:' Seattle School Board member resigns, cites 'dysfunctional culture'

  In her resignation letter, Mack said that she “can no longer participate” in a school system that she said “is not serving the students and families of Seattle.”
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  KUOW Newsroom

  K-12 students can return to schools earlier than previously advised, say WA health officials

  Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday said recent, more lenient public health guidelines on in-person schooling could allow students to return to physical classrooms sooner than previously recommended — and without major outbreak risk.
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  RadioActive

  'Pretty certain there was going to be an outbreak.' 2 college students on navigating the pandemic

  It's finals week at Washington State University: A symbolic end to a difficult semester for many students. WSU roommates Dan and Campbell talked about navigating the pandemic in a social environment like college.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Seattle Special Education PTSA votes no-confidence in district after Black child was repeatedly locked in isolation

  The Seattle Special Education PTSA took a vote of no-confidence in Seattle Public Schools a day after a KUOW story revealed that a student with disabilities was repeatedly locked outdoors.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Locked in ‘the cage.’ Report finds disturbing discipline measures at Seattle school

  Investigators found that the principal of View Ridge Elementary School in northeast Seattle told staff to lock the gates around a second-grade boy to manage his behavior issues. District leaders called the situation “egregious” — but the district had approved of it as a suitable space for the child.
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  Seattle Story Project

  He was 16 when a cop kneeled on his neck in Spokane. He’s still making sense of it.

  He thought the police were going to kill him on the lawn of his friend's house. Now he's teaching the next generation that Black lives matter.

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  school abuse

  Two families seek $4 million in damages after abuse by Seattle Public Schools staff

  Two families have each filed $2 million tort claims against Seattle Public Schools after their children were physically abused by staff members. Both of the children are special education students, and were 7 and 9 years old when the incidents occurred.

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