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December 18, 2015 at 7:47 am

Spokane scraps proposal to arm guards in schools

Spokane officials dismissed the proposal in part because resource officers would undergo only 24 hours of training before being allowed to carry a firearm in...

December 18, 2015 at 6:01 am

Redmond math whiz to compete in contest that’s ‘kind of like a football game’

Abishek Hariharan and nine other stellar students will compete in a game show-style contest before a big audience of mathematicians in Seattle, including some of...

Education Lab

December 17, 2015 at 6:07 pm

Glacier Peak High: Student claims responsibility for threats

A Glacier Peak High School student has “accepted responsibility” for four threats left in recent days on restroom walls, the school’s principal, Jim Dean, said...

December 17, 2015 at 7:00 am

Guest essay: Why we need to get beyond Racism 101

The killings of unarmed black men in recent months have provided a tragic opportunity to begin a national conversation about racism. It was not the...

Education Lab

December 16, 2015 at 10:28 am

UW, WWU getting even better in terms of value, magazine says

A personal-finance magazine ranks the University of Washington ninth in the U.S. among all public universities in terms of value.

Education Lab

December 16, 2015 at 6:00 am

Washington’s graduation rate rising, but still lags national average

Washington state's 78-percent high school graduation rate for the Class of 2014 is the highest since 2010. But Washington lags the nation for students as...

Education Lab

December 15, 2015 at 11:23 pm

Threats to NY, Los Angeles show tough decisions schools face

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to assessing threats, schools in New York City and Los Angeles likely have more experience than most other...

Nation & World

December 15, 2015 at 7:56 am

US high school graduation rate ticks up to 82 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. high school graduation rate inched up to 82 percent and the achievement gap narrowed, according to new federal data that...

December 15, 2015 at 7:00 am

After watching a film about trauma’s effect on students with 200 people, this is what we learned

On Saturday, Education Lab, the Road Map Project and Seattle Jobs Initiative hosted a film screening of "Paper Tigers" and a post-film discussion.

Education Lab

December 14, 2015 at 1:47 pm

Principal out as First Place reverts from charter back to private school

First Place, a school with students in kindergarten through fifth grade, said it received a grant to stay open for the rest of the school...

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