In Washington state, only about a third of students ever earn a bachelor’s degree. In rural counties, it’s even lower. But in Chehalis, a Lewis County town in the southwest part of the state, educators are trying to build college fever.
Just 20% of kids got 4-year degrees, so Chehalis schools changed everything
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Equity
Seattle Public Schools responds to NAACP’s ethnic studies proposal with one of its own
The Seattle School Board is considering a resolution that would encourage all its schools to teach ethnic studies.
Discipline
‘Shocking’ discipline rates for youngest students prompt Spokane lawmaker to seek ban
While school suspension and expulsion is on the decline overall, the rates have spiked among Washington’s youngest students. One lawmaker wants to ban punitive discipline for kindergartners through second-graders.
