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A group of University of Washington students walk down The Quad as students return to the campus and classes go online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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October 18, 2020 at 6:00 am

COVID-19 pandemic cuts enrollment at some Washington state colleges, forces others to reimagine higher ed VIEW

College enrollment at Washington schools didn't drop as much as many experts had feared, but observers say the pandemic could have a long-term effect both...

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Clarkston High School Principal Doug LaMunyan randomly checks the temperature of a ninth grade student before he enters the building for freshmen orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.

October 10, 2020 at 5:00 am

Ed Lab En Español: Un pequeño distrito escolar en el este de Washington regresa a la escuela de manera presencial

Según la oficina del superintendente de las escuelas estatales, alrededor de 60 de los 300 distritos del estado, en su mayoría en áreas rurales, están...

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Mamieyah Konneh, 5, a kindergartner at the Birch Creek Youth Center, colors during one of her classes at the center Wednesday, September 23, 2020.

She is attending a learning hub set up by the King County Housing Authority to help kids enrolled in online school as a group.

This is the same idea as a pandemic pod — well-off families setting up learning groups in their homes — but it’s run by a service agency and is for kids whose families can’t afford a private tutor. 215073

September 25, 2020 at 5:00 am

How some Washington nonprofits are trying to make pandemic ‘learning pods’ accessible for all

A youth center in a public housing project in Kent could be a model for how nonprofits and social service agencies support student learning during...

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September 22, 2020 at 12:01 am

Hoping to attract more students, SPU drops tuition price by 25% for next year

Seattle Pacific University will cut tuition by 25% next year, making it one of the lowest-priced private colleges in the state.

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The use of umbrellas and rain returns to Seattle on Friday
expecting it to help reduce the smoke and haze.

(Looking west on Stewart)

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September 19, 2020 at 8:42 am

Rain and westerly winds scour out wildfire smoke, and Western Washington air quality returns to normal

Air quality has returned to normal in Western Washington after rain and westerly winds scoured out the air overnight.

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Maria Paras and her kids, clockwise from left, Kyle, 12, Kian, 8, and Kaycee, 6, are facing a scheduling dilemma as school moves to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Paras and her husband, who are both employed by Seattle Public Schools, have to work on-site at the same time their kids are tasked with a strict schedule of live online classes. The links for each of the kids’ classes come separately to her personal email, which makes it very difficult to keep straight, she said.

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September 16, 2020 at 9:39 am

Follow the bell or learn when you can? Washington parents grapple with kids’ remote learning schedules

Even though the learning is online, most school districts are following a traditional bell schedule for at least part of the day -- an arrangement...

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Bill Gates, Sr., co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in his office Tues., Oct. 22, 2013, in Seattle. Gates thinks all acts of volunteerism are equal in importance, no matter how big or small.

September 15, 2020 at 3:38 pm

Bill Gates Sr., civic leader and father of Microsoft co-founder, dies at 94 VIEW

William Gates Sr., the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a towering figure in civic life as well as local and global philanthropy, has...

First grader Mkinnley listens to her teacher Ms. Chaokhruembong on her first day of school with online learning in her West Seattle home Friday, September 4, 2020. Her mother, Chanie Stamford and aunt set up an area in the family home where Mkinnley and her sister could do their online classes. 214936

September 5, 2020 at 5:00 am

Seattle students head back to school: ‘I felt so proud of these tenacious and patient students’ VIEW

Glimpses from Seattle's first day of school paint a mixed picture of delight when things went according to plan and frustration, when technical problems kept...

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September 4, 2020 at 10:11 am

In Renton, first day of school was surprisingly normal for one teacher

Renton teachers started the virtual school year Wednesday with a focus on getting to know all their students.

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September 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm

Enrollment is surging for Running Start classes — which are now taught online

This might be a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic: Because the state's 34 community and technical colleges are teaching most or all of their...

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