
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Last week, Education Lab took questions about accelerated classrooms on the r/SeattleWA Reddit page. Here are some of the answers.
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...
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...
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...
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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