Bethel schools will cover Advanced Placement exam fees for all — not just low-income — students
Starting this fall, the Bethel school district just south of Tacoma will cover the price of Advanced Placement test fees for all students and make...
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School stats: Washington students show little growth in math, reading on national test
While Washington students post some of the highest scores in the nation, their performance on mathematics and reading tests have remained fairly flat for nearly...
Washington state lawmakers consider universal screening to find gifted students
While legislators debate a law that would require testing all students for high intelligence, the Northshore School District is doing exactly that, and finding high...
Guest essay: ‘Until we address the teacher expectation gap, the student achievement gap will remain’
Preston Hampton, a Seattle Public Schools graduate, recalls what it was like attending a junior-high school where his principal lamented a growing racial gap on...
Hoping to break the ‘ninth-grade bottleneck,’ Seattle schools eye families as a key to success
Backed by a $1 million grant from Johns Hopkins University, about two dozen middle and high schools in Seattle are trying to reinvent how they...
5 questions Reddit users asked us about gifted education in Washington
Last week, Education Lab took questions about accelerated classrooms on the r/SeattleWA Reddit page. Here are some of the answers.
The push to find more gifted kids: What Washington can learn from Miami’s wins VIEW
Miami unapologetically uses two standards to identify gifted students — one for low-income kids and English-learners, another for everyone else. As a result, its advanced-learning...
Find gifted students where you have not looked before, state tells schools
School districts are being pressed to find students from low-income backgrounds who may be academically gifted but overlooked for accelerated classes. And they’ll have double...
How high schools break up the ‘9th-grade bottleneck’ to help students graduate on time
As research increasingly shows that ninth grade is a make-or-break year, educators around Puget Sound are reinventing the freshman experience to help all students early...
Gifted programs across Washington leave out black and Latino students — but Federal Way is one model for change VIEW
Minority students make up nearly half of all those educated in public schools here, but the vast majority are overlooked when it comes to classes...
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