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.
After 16 months studying how Seattle schools can better support male African-American students, an advisory committee made recommendations to the district’s superintendent. But district officials...
Washington’s colleges and universities are doing a better job of helping more student graduate in four years. They’re doing everything from more counseling to choosing...
The school board plans to seek the largest allowable local property tax increase in the operations levy going to voters in February — despite a...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was the keynote speaker at the Washington Policy Center’s annual dinner in Bellevue. Outside, speakers railed against DeVos and her ideas.
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Bellevue Friday evening to protest her visit. During her speech at the Hyatt Regency, DeVos didn't stray much from...
About 1,500 people will be inside the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue to hear U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speak at the Washington Policy Center’s...
The endorsements keep piling up in Seattle’s mayoral race. Cary Moon nabbed support from the Seattle Education Association as Jenny Durkan was backed by two...
Bill Gates and Paul Allen were once the bad boys of the University of Washington’s computer science lab. Now, the school’s buildings are named in...
Six Washington colleges are eligible for the Aspen Prize, which is awarded every other year to the nation’s top community college.
