The Seattle Times Education section covers schools at the district, state and federal level. Topics include the University of Washington and other colleges; the Common Core and standardized testing; teacher pay and strikes; charter schools; school discipline; classroom teaching methods; and funding under the McCleary decision. Coverage also includes the Education Lab project.
We're seeing increased efforts to pit one marginalized group against another to advance conservative goals, a familiar divide-and-conquer strategy, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
Experts weigh in on readers' questions about the latest round of budget cuts WA school districts face during a webinar hosted by The Seattle Times'...
The court effectively killed the $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions, including nearly 700,000 Washingtonians.
Student loan interest will start accruing on Sept. 1. Payments will restart in October, when a three-year pandemic pause on federal student loan payments ends.
The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion...
The Supreme Court’s ruling that ended race-conscious admissions is widely expected to lead to a dramatic drop in the number of Black and Hispanic students...
The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching...
The state has barred affirmative action at public universities for 25 years. But private schools are just now reckoning with race-conscious policies. They may have...