Education

Cut to pre-K program leaves WA school officials frustrated

An early learning program designed to prepare children in Washington for kindergarten will soon shrink by nearly 2,000 slots due to cuts state lawmakers approved earlier this year.

AI as an attorney? Student uses ChatGPT, Gemini to sue UW over alleged racial discrimination

A California man is using AI as a team of lawyers, claiming colleges who rejected his son's application, including the University of Washington, did so based on racial discrimination.

Rural Washington schools struggle with drop in logging dollars

Nestled in the foothills of the North Cascades, where logging has long fueled the economy, the Mount Baker School District is facing a budget deficit exceeding $1 million, which local officials say is tied to declining timber sales on state lands.

Adults in the Room, Episode 6: The boy in the photograph

Adults in the Room, Episode 5: The Bet

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Washington's co-op preschools face existential crisis after new state rules threaten funding

Community and technical colleges statewide are trying to maintain their cooperative preschools, where parents work and learn alongside their children, once major rule changes by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges take effect in July.

Episode 4, Adults in the Room: 'Jonathan'

Garfield High mourns a beloved teacher who dies by suicide. One student — who acted as the teacher’s confidant — wonders if he’s to blame.

Two Seattle girls learn a secret at their high school. Their lives change forever.