Washington Charter Schools Get Creative To Keep State Funding Washington state’s charter schools are starting the year with new funding sources after state dollars were cut off in December. While school was out for... Ann Dornfeld
A Preview Of Washington State's 2016 Legislative Season Bill Radke spoke with Associated Press reporter Rachel La Corte about the three big issues the state legislature will have to deal with in 2016,... Bill Radke Matt Martin
Paying To Cut Seattle Class Sizes Doesn't Necessarily Make Them Smaller The Washington state Legislature has directed funding to reduce class sizes in elementary schools. But as KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld reports, that doesn’t mean... Ann Dornfeld
When A 14-Year-Old Chooses To Die Because Of Religion, Can Anyone Stop Him? The first time I interviewed Dennis Lindberg , he was alone on a weekday evening. He had just turned 12, and he had set out Saltine crackers on a paper... Isolde Raftery
They Told Native Children, ‘You’re Here Because Your Parents Don’t Love You’ On Oct. 12, the Seattle City Council voted to acknowledge the trauma caused by the government’s American Indian boarding schools. Matt Remle, an... Kate OConnell Jeannie Yandel
Seattle Family's $70,000 Donation A Statement On Education Funding Jeannie Yandel talks to Brian Jones, a North Seattle dad who donated $70,000 to Alki Elementary School to help them keep a teacher and to make a... Jeannie Yandel Amina Al-Sadi
Seattle Teens Built This Tiny House For The Homeless "The Nest," as the students call it, is a serious step up from a tent. There's no plumbing or electricity, but it's watertight, insulated and has walls... Posey Gruener
Exit Interview: Rep. Ross Hunter To Direct Department Of Early Learning Ross Reynolds sits down with Ross Hunter, former Microsoft executive and state legislator, to talk about his time in the state House and his new job as... Ross Reynolds Allie Ferguson
Seattle Teachers Want At Least 45 Minutes Of Recess Last year, a KUOW investigation found that recess has been cut back at many Seattle schools – especially in low-income neighborhoods. As KUOW’s Ann... Ann Dornfeld
The boy in cell no. 7 at King County juvenile jail It’s April now, and I’m wondering how it came down to this, and how I stooped this low, and how I am in here because of these so-called friends. We just... Ivan
