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Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

Chris Morgan talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Ed Yong about the astonishing ways animals sense the world around us: from birds that navigate the open ocean by smell, to penguins that sense vibrations underground.
- Lucy Soucek
Seattle School Board names lone superintendent finalist, a district leader recruited from Michigan

An experienced district leader from Michigan is set to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.
- Sami West
'Ghost students' are haunting WA community colleges — to steal financial aid

AI-generated students are taking advantage of community colleges in Washington state, filling classes, and spiriting away federal loans and grants.
- Ann Dornfeld
Another former teacher at Mercer Island High faces accusations of sexual misconduct

For the second time in six months, the Mercer Island School District is responding to an allegation that it mishandled a sexual misconduct case involving a teacher. Investigate West reporter Moe K. Clark wrote both stories. She told KUOW’s Rob Wood about her reporting.
- Rob Wood
Were school Covid closures worth it? Not really, UW study finds

Covid-era school closures caused the U.S. significant economic and educational loss while being less effective than other transmission interventions, according to new research.
- Sami West
No cops at Garfield High. Seattle School Board rejects plan to revive resource officer program

Garfield High School will not get an armed on-campus Seattle police officer this year after all.
- Sami West
UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, apparent Nazi salute

University of Washington police are investigating an incident where a man interrupted a human sexuality lecture. A viral video of the incident shows the intruder shouting gay and ableist slurs and appearing to make a Nazi salute as the class jeered him.
- Ann Dornfeld
School district investigating Bothell principal who posted about Charlie Kirk on social media

Eric McDowell's post on his personal Instagram said gun control is more effective than thoughts and prayers, and Charlie Kirk would still be alive with sufficient gun control.
- Eilís O'Neill
Seattle's new $297-million high school was built on a peat bog. Then the foundation started settling

Months before the long-awaited, brand new Rainier Beach High School opened to students last April, engineers on the $297-million project reported problems with the building’s foundation to the city, records show.
- Ann Dornfeld
Seattle high school students walk out in protest of new lunch policy

Hundreds of Seattle Public Schools students walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered outside of district headquarters to push back against a new lunch policy.
- Noel Gasca

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