Can peer mental health programs bridge access gaps for youth? Experts say it’s complicated
Peer support programs could be key to helping youth grapple with mental health challenges spurred by COVID, but data is lacking on their effectiveness.
Jeanie Lindsay
Jeanie Lindsay is a reporter covering education for The Seattle Times
4 ways the federal gun bill could affect WA
Washington’s health and school officials are still waiting on the particulars of how new funding from the bipartisan gun bill will flow to states.
At the end of another pandemic school year, priorities in education are shifting VIEW
The pandemic pushed Washington state educators and school staff to pivot in new ways to accommodate students. Has there been lasting change?
UW graduates earn diplomas in person at back-to-back commencement ceremonies this weekend VIEW
The Class of 2022 is walking the graduation stage on time, and the Classes of 2020 and 2021, denied ceremonies during the height of COVID,...
Seattle Pacific University students continue sit-in over anti-LGBTQ+ policy, want trustees to resign VIEW
Friday marked the 10th full day of an ongoing sit-in protest at Seattle Pacific University, where a group of students are pressuring the school to...
WA preschools could expand, but they are struggling to find teachers VIEW
Enrollment in public preschool programs is stalled, and advocates are stressing the need for more funding to help solve a workforce crisis in the industry.
Seattle Pacific University students stage walkout over upheld discriminatory hiring policy
Despite ongoing pushback against SPU's policy prohibiting the school from hiring staffers who are gay, its trustees is keeping the policy on the books.
Cleveland High School students walk out of school to protest change in principals VIEW
The students called on administrators to either reinstate Principal Catherine Brown or give them a say in who becomes the next principal of the South...
Seattle Colleges chancellor to resign in August, 2 years before end of contract
The chancellor of Seattle Colleges has announced plans to step down from his post after six years with the school system.
Beloved Seattle Colleges programs are safe for now, but their long-term fate remains unclear VIEW
People are rallying to save popular programs at Seattle Colleges, but the future remains unclear because of a budget crisis fueled in part by low...