Education

The Hawaiian tradition is long and strong at Whitworth University.

Every Monday after school, classic R&B music and children’s laughter echo through the halls of Frances Scott Elementary.

After being teased for months, Spokane Public Schools’ $200 million bond is now bound for ballots in November.

Students in special education programs may abstain from the traditional high school fare; the buzzers and screaming at a basketball game or flashing lights at a school dance could be overwhelming for neurodiverse students, often hypersensitive to loud sounds or bright lights, for example.

The once “scary” and “drab” structure at Lower Lincoln Park is getting a nature-themed makeover at the hands of more than 400 kids and some volunteer parents from the neighboring Franklin Elementary School.

Teenagers aren’t known for taking the long view with money. But a growing number of high school students are taking classes to learn how to handle their financial future: what a budget is, why saving is important and how to invest.

Dr. Cornelia “Connie” Davis had a “safe path ahead” in clinical medicine after finishing her residency in pediatrics.

Whether it was a man on Virginia’s death row or a woman who was racially discriminated against in a housing search, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine learned from every one of his hundreds of clients in his 18 years of practicing law.

The University of Washington campus group that was behind the occupation of a building on Monday returned to campus Thursday afternoon to protest the suspension of 21 students.

Just after Alison Daschbach watched her childhood golf heroes tee up at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia last spring, there was one person she wanted to call from a pay phone on the course, where cellphones are barred.

Shadle High School students flooded into the Create Space at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture recently, excited to see their artwork hanging on the walls.

In a special meeting Monday, the Central Valley School Board finalized and filed a federal Title IX complaint against the state public schools authority, challenging guidance on transgender sports participation, which they say conflicts with federal directives .

The first cohort of a new nursing program at Eastern Washington University flipped their tassels from the right to the left during a commencement ceremony Friday morning.

The signature scents of lumber and sound of power tools aren’t usually what you’d encounter in the classrooms of the Community School, but then again, neither are terms like “adjustable rate mortgage,” “amortization schedule” or “fixed-rate loan.”

President Donald Trump's assault on college campuses in the form of threats, or actual freezing of grants that are the lifeblood of research at those institutions, has prompted college officials to send a collective message that they remain committed to battle the "unprecedented government overreach and political interference."

BELLEVUE – Avery Lovern hovered over a table covered in royal blue construction paper, carefully writing the name of his favorite video game.

Taking a cue from Mead, the Central Valley School Board drafted Title IX complaint letters to federal officials against the state chief of public schools, alleging sex-based discrimination in state policies that allow transgender girls to play on girls school sports teams.