Opinion
Political centrism? Smug, weak and misguided
Pundits filling print or online op-ed pages or pontificating on cable news think they’re pretty smart because, unlike elected
Dick Lilly
Dick Lilly is a former Seattle Times reporter who covered Seattle neighborhoods, City Hall and public schools during 14-years with the paper. From 1999 until his retirement in 2015, he worked for Seat
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Politics
Seattle neighborhoods need more, not fewer, schools
Parents love Seattle's K-8 schools, so here's how to have fewer closures and create new neighborhood elementary schools.
Seattle & King County
Careful which schools you close
If it's in a neighborhood with lots of renters, many of those families and schoolchildren will quickly leave.
Politics
Why voters expelled the Seattle School Board class of 2003
Riding in on overreaction to a financial crisis, these reformers were so wrapped up in their various political agendas that they lost sight of the basics of educating kids. They paid a price in this week's election.
Politics
Critics cut to the core of our curriculum
When it comes to problems with our schools, there's a lot more insight in Robert Jamieson's Thursday column [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/353021_robert28.html] than in the school district's curriculum audit by consultants Phi Delta Kappa International, summarized elsewhere [http://seattlep