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.
According to the settlement, the University of Washington will pay the College Republicans' attorneys $122,500 in legal fees and has agreed to stop charging security...
The Evergreen State College is anticipating a big drop in enrollment this fall. Some point to the protests last year as a cause of the...
Former Seattle Public Schools Superintendent David Moberly, who came to national prominence during the city’s battle over desegregation, died last week at age 89.
The Art & Medicine program exposes physicians at Virginia Mason Medical Center to arts education at Seattle Art Museum, with the goal of building their...
Eric Abramovitz was 7 years old when he first learned to play the clarinet. By the time he was 20, the Montreal native had become...
Some schools have rescheduled prom, adjusted their testing schedules or made other accommodations to help fasting students. It's part of a trend in recent years...
Harvard University defended its undergraduate admissions in a statement intended as a rebuttal to allegations of discrimination against Asian Americans.
American universities are becoming more concerned about academic freedom and safety in countries that restrict freedom of expression, opting to hire travel risk specialists.