K-12 education

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. – A Head Start provider in central Washington may need to lay off nearly 200 workers at the end of June.

As she meandered the small Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Ann Jones was startled to see she recognized some of the last names engraved into the headstones.

Spokane-born astronaut U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain is set to talk with Earth’s schoolchildren Tuesday from the International Space Station.

Voters approved levies for five North Idaho school districts Tuesday, reversing a trend for some districts that have struggled to pass funding measures in recent years.

Each morning, students and staff at the Salish School of Spokane greet the sun with a booming drum circle, a nod to the traditional practices of Indigenous Salish culture the school seeks to revitalize.

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.

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 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.”

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.

The Washington office representing federal Head Start child care for families in poverty is suing Trump administration officials responsible for the program in the wake of sporadic grant freezes and threats to end it entirely.

Katie Dewitt has been flying planes longer than she’s known how to drive a car.

A Coeur d’Alene Public Schools trustee resigned Wednesday after police arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia early Sunday.