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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Alright Bezos, it's time to step up on affordable housing
There’s just not enough affordable housing. The city and region need 50,000 more permanently affordable apartments pretty much
Until we can do better, build more tiny homes
In the search for housing for the homeless “we need more landlords to be engaged,” said Lauren McGowan, director of
In education, we're getting increments, not excellence
Fundamental questions remain even after a judge rules the state isn't fully funding K-12 education: What should our schools aspire to, and how can we pay for improvement? We'll have to think big.
A national expert asks: Have unions stymied education reform?
Teachers unions, as unions should do, have acted in the best interests of their members, a new book argues. That has meant blocking significant reform and overriding the needs of students. One solution: computerized learning.