Politics
'Superman' paints education picture, but does it have answers?
Davis Guggenheim shows what parents know: Something has to be done. But how?
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
Public employees' pay: What's missing is context
Good articles in the "New York Times" and the "Seattle Times" have a lot of data about the relative pay of public and private-sector workers but sorting out the politics also requires an understanding of how U.S. private-sector labor unions have taken a hit in the past 40 years. And that doesn't mak
Politics
Expecting too much of a superintendent is part of the problem
Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson’s firing rightly punishes her for the waste, or worse, of district money by her employees, but her departure doesn't mean Susan Enfield or anyone else can dramatically improve our schools unless we redefine the problem.
Culture
Seattle Schools' report card: faltering progress on academic goals
In an unusually blunt assessment, the board says its academic-performance goals, particularly for disadvantaged students, "are not on track to be met."
Seattle & King County
Distilling one message from the Occupy grabbag of protest
In a nutshell: "Get money out of politics." Now, how do we get that ball rolling?