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WA teachers strikes highlight school funding, staffing woes
Educators in Seattle, Kent and elsewhere in Washington are calling for better pay and classroom support, which have stretched district budgets.
Venice Buhain
Venice Buhain is Cascade PBS' associate news editor. She previously covered education at Crosscut, and also worked for KING 5, The Seattle Globalist and TVW News. You can follow her on Twitter
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Universal free school lunch is ending — but not for all WA students
The number of Washington schools that qualify to offer free lunch to every student could more than double since before the pandemic after a $44 million change in state law.
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WA law looks to address the trauma of 'active shooter' drills
But in the wake of the Uvalde shooting, some students and educators say a national reckoning on guns is key to school safety.
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Supreme Court says Bremerton coach had a right to pray on field
The opinion cites the First Amendment as giving the coach the right for private personal prayer on the field.
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How education may change in a post-pandemic world
Local education leaders discuss how the pandemic and racial reckoning have affected schools — and how we can move forward.