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School Board: Seattle's most important volunteer position
Two openings. Six candidates. Get smart about the school board races.
Alison Krupnick
Alison Krupnick, longtime Crosscut contributor, is the author of "Ruminations from the Minivan" and the blog "Slice of Mid-Life."
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Your future called. It wants a better civics education.
A new national initiative is looking at demographic shifts and asking the question: Should schools go back to teaching good old fashioned civics again?
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What's the mayor got to do with schools, anyway?
What can a mayor do about public education? The candidates have a few ideas.
Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution
Schools and workplaces are increasingly geared towards the chatty among us. Why Northwest parents and their kids should give more weight to silence.
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Bargaining Chip: Community reform group takes on teacher contracts
Can the Our Schools Coalition, a group of community members and education reform advocates, change the face of teachers' contract negotiations?