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Green Acre Radio: UW exhibits highlights Hanford legacies

Posted Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

The exhibit takes a different perspective, viewing the heavily contaminated nuclear reservation through the eyes of artists and poets.

Allen family: It was 20 years ago the Foundation began to give

Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.

Can we say goodbye to Washington state's own shameful McCarthyism?

Posted Wed, Feb 1, 11:30 a.m.

By Jean Godden

Washington state helped set the pattern for the national abuse of personal liberties during the Red Scare days. Gays were among the targets, so it would be fitting to time repeal of state laws that served as a model for McCarthyism with approval of gay marriage.

How painkillers and alcohol nearly killed a friendship and a college career

Posted Sat, Jan 28, 6:30 a.m.

By Stephanie Schendel

A friend's battle with addiction and alcoholism leads to the ER -- and anger on the part of a friend who tried to help. But there's real strength in fighting every day to move forward rather than slip back toward another relapse.

First skirmish erupts in finding a new Seattle schools chief

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

The School Board feels its way with its more independent-minded members, hoping to present a more solid picture to candidates for the hot seat. The argument over board protocol seems arcane, but much is riding on it.

Seattle district needs to be schooled on students' realities

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 2 a.m.

By Bill Stafford

Training for jobs has shifted to community colleges. But shouldn't we offer opportunities to relate career interests to classes in high school, even if it contradicts the mantra of college for all?

The Supreme Court's education decision: Deja vu?

Posted Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.

By Roger Valdez

The Supreme Court ruled last week that the state legislature isn't fully funding education. Why the decision isn't the windfall for Washington education that it seems.

Parents, bus drivers cringe as Eatonville eyes a four-day school week

Posted Thu, Jan 12, 2 p.m.

By Zachariah Bryan

The Eatonville School District weighs the idea of a shortened school week that would save the district money, but leave parents and school employees in the lurch.

Can Mike Young save the UW?

Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

He's been dealt a bad hand, and he's keeping his cards close to his vest. But the new president may have the smarts and the steadiness to rebuild the finances of this critical institution.

Heritage Turkeys of the year

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...

Memo to Seattle Schools: Leadership is not the (only) problem

Posted Thu, Jan 5, 2 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

The Seattle school district seems to be the Bermuda Triangle of superintendents, with a new national candidate search every three years. Could it be that finding the right leader for the district isn't our real problem?

Love leads us into mystery: Raising a child with Asperger's

Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.

By Caryn Mirriam Goldberg

Daniel was not like other kids. But he taught his mother to drop her expectations about what life and parenting are all about.

Best of 2011: Seattle elections: still too much bland leading the bland

Posted Thu, Dec 29, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

That most incumbents deserve reelection and are doing fairly well does not eliminate the need for important structural changes.

New Orleans is from Venus, Seattle is from....

Posted Wed, Dec 28, 2 a.m.

By Don Fels

This town couldn't be another NOLA and wouldn't want to, but maybe it can learn something about life and living from the battered Big Easy.

Belltown and Brooklyn: How Seattle misses having kids in an urban center

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 12:45 p.m.

By Bob Royer

Children change the character of a place for the better, but downtown Seattle lacks an essential ingredient for serving families with children: schools.

Best of 2011: A new world in South King County

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Welcome to Kent, frontline for the forces transforming America's suburbs: poverty and hardship, global diversity, and exciting new energy and innovation.

12 good things that happened the past year

Posted Sat, Dec 24, 9 p.m.

By David Brewster

It's okay to be grateful around this time of year, so here are some suggested causes for lifting your wassail bowl.

Two big shockers for Seattle schools and cops

Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

The Department of Justice lands, clumsily, on Seattle police, and Seattle Schools Supt. Susan Enfield opts out of the fray. Here's the story behind these two bombshells.

Ex-prisoners give incarcerated parents' kids holiday treat

Posted Sun, Dec 18, 11:30 p.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The children "need to feel like they still belong to this community," says Celebrate Kids! founder Vance Bartley, once a lifer behind bars under the state’s three-strikes law.

Green Acre Radio: Teaching sustainability to Seattle's student chefs

Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

A Seattle Central Community College program gives students a head start on getting with the seed to plate movement, food justice, and affordability.

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Midday Scan: Commitment time for gay lovers? Bellevue raiding Seattle schools? Higher ed for Olympia's dullards

Posted Thu, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.

by Pete Jackson

No more excuses about marriage for some folks. Bellevue wants what Seattle has lost. Green jobs: not going according to the plan.

Midday Scan: UW prez blasts U.S. prez; legislators like election day registration; homeless booted

Posted Mon, Jan 30, 11 a.m.

by Pete Jackson

Michael Young and other university presidents are angry about Obama's criticism of rising tuition bills. County election offices are worried about a brainstorm in Olympia. WSDOT moves in to move homeless from under viaduct.

Update: Seattle Public Schools cancel Wednesday classes

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 5:08 p.m.

by Joe Copeland

The all-day cancelation follows a day in which classes started early -- and were dismissed early.

The supe Seattle loved and lost: Enfield

Posted Wed, Jan 4, 3:15 p.m.

by Zachariah Bryan

A new survey shows that Seattle took to the interim superintendent. The one who has taken flight, that is.

School troubles threaten to beat board president

Posted Tue, Nov 8, 11:15 p.m. 2011

by Joe Copeland

School Board leader Steve Sundquist trailed a challenger narrowly in the first results.

UW graduation rates are right in the middle of peers

Posted Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m. 2011

by Matt Rosenberg

A gradual rise in graduation rates halted in the most recent statistics.

Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 23, 11 a.m. 2011

by Pete Jackson

Poker games with revenues in Olympia; why the lobbyists love Patty Murray even more than usual; high pay for profs; recognizing the Duwamish Tribe; and a history lesson for Obama, while "visiting" Seattle.

Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 16, 11 a.m. 2011

by Pete Jackson

In the news today: Washington's growing higher-ed problems, California tackles its own college conundrums, unbricking the Elwha dams, joblessness grows in Everett and, for a little comic relief, Stan Boreson gets naked.

Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 9, 11 a.m. 2011

by Pete Jackson

Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.

The Gates that got away

Posted Tue, Sep 6, 8:52 p.m. 2011

by David Brewster

Bob Gates, despite some courting by the U.W., settles for a genial post at William & Mary College. Would he have been what the doctor ordered for the Huskies?