Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that race cannot be used as a factor in assigning students to schools, family income is likely to play a big role in the Seattle district – in determining...
'Choice' competes with 'predictability' in a proposed new plan for assigning students to buildings. And a former School Board member and journalist thinks choice, the status quo, will probably win.
Back from a cold and snowy week in Minnesota, still hustling my new book, Seattle seems downright tropical. My first act on return was to turn down my thermostat; it seemed unseasonably warm here.
National update: Hillary Clinton must figure out a way to slow Barack Obama's surge of momentum, and Wisconsin may be a key state. John McCain's big drawback is having no real base in the party. Our...
It seemed like a general election last night as we followed state-by-state results, east to west, in the Democratic and Republican nominating contests.
While attendees at the gathering of liberal bloggers anticipated the arrival of Democratic presidential candidates, congressional-level aspirants made their cases. Among them were a number of...
It often takes public outcry to prompt prosecution of assaults or harassment that are motivated by bias. So what explains the frequent failure of police in Seattle and elsewhere to identify and...