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
Latest work
Politics
Our schools get a poor national report card
A sobering download of data from The Education Trust makes clear that Washington schools are mired in mediocrity, and the WASL is not helping matters
Politics
School boardmembers offer only token tweaks to school closure plans
The board votes tonight on the superintendent's plan, and it looks as if closure opponents have lost their battle
Politics
Schools closure plan has lots of disruption
The next weeks will produce lots of arguments about the musical chairs being played with many programs in the Seattle district.