Opinion
In WA, incarcerated students are ‘left behind and left out’
Echo Glen School is still one of the worst performing schools in the state. We’re not doing enough to change that.
Claudia Rowe
Claudia Rowe is a journalist and author of two books: The Spider and the Fly, which won the 2018 Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and Time Out, which looks at juvenile justice
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Opinion
WA is not abolishing foster care, but it may be moving that way
Poor outcomes and disproportionate impacts on kids of color have propelled a once-fringe idea into the mainstream in Washington state.
Opinion
Why I’m holding my applause for Washington’s new foster care law
It’s laudable that the state law focuses on preventing family separations, but is it enough?
Opinion
WA still holds teens in solitary confinement — and worse, suit says
A lawsuit claims three teenagers were handcuffed while in isolation, violating the state’s own policies and raising profound moral questions.
Inside Cascade PBS
Columnist Claudia Rowe on neutrality and what kids tell us about WA
The longtime education reporter explains how decades of covering schools shaped the perspective she brings to her new column.