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.
A lot's been said about Proposition 1, but apparently it's not enough, as the Crosscut "prediction" poll says it will fail.
I hope these Crosscut readers are looking into defective crystal balls...
"No matter where you are, it's who you know," says Catherine Swanson, co-owner of the Art on Center Gallery in Tacoma. (Lisa Albers) CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
A poster used in the campaign to stop Seattle Public Schools from closing Arbor Heights Elementary, which had been listed in an earlier recommendation but spared in the final proposal.