Ann Dornfeld
Reporter
About
Ann Dornfeld reports on issues of racial inequity for KUOW. She previously covered education for the station. Before that, Ann was a roving freelance public radio reporter, focusing on environmental issues, for KUOW and national shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, The Environment Report and Marketplace.
Ann has reported on a rare bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico, penguin habitat loss in South Africa, mangrove destruction in the U.S. Virgin Islands, coral reef conservation in Bonaire and invasive lionfish in the Bahamas. She covered a major earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, for NPR News and The World. Ann also worked as a reporter and Morning Edition host at KLCC Public Radio in Eugene, Oregon, after internships at KUOW and Alaska Public Radio Network.
She got her start spinning hip-hop records at the radio station of Oregon State University, where she majored in biology and environmental sciences.
She has won awards for her reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, The Associated Press and Public Radio News Directors Incorporated. Ann has also received both investigative and data reporting awards from the Education Writers Association for her coverage of ongoing recess cutbacks and physical education shortages in Seattle-area schools. Her photography has appeared in exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Stories
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Bringing black teachers to Seattle classrooms, if only for an hour
In Seattle Public Schools, the adult at the front of the classroom is usually a white woman — even though 53 percent of students in the district are children of color.
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Students pay 'rent' or lose their desks at this elementary school
Kent School District officials are looking into a money-management curriculum at a Covington elementary school that requires students to “rent” their desks and “buy” bathroom passes using classroom currency.
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Seattle Schools suggests Muslim children skip Ramadan fasting to boost test scores
Some Muslims are taking issue with a Seattle school’s request that families consider adjusting their observance of Ramadan to boost children’s standardized test scores.
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Sex ed: Should it be a requirement in Washington state?
When Aren Wright was a freshman at Olympia High School, she asked her health teacher about dental dams and safe sex for lesbians.
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Ravioli in a warm fridge ... and other violations at Seattle school cafeterias
Ravioli sitting in a malfunctioning refrigerator …
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Seattle school year extended by 5 days because of snow
The last day of school will now be June 27 in Seattle — five days later than planned to make up for snow days this month.
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What is the point of mid-winter break?
A week-long school vacation in February — just weeks after the holiday break — is unheard of in most parts of the country. But it's become standard for more affluent districts in Washington state in recent years.
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Why so many snow days? And how will schools make them up?
Kim Malcolm talks with KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld about how Seattle Public Schools decides to suspend operations due to weather, and what options the district has for making up for snow days.
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Seattle schools need fewer cops, more counselors, students say
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Here's why many Seattle Public Schools special education students stayed home this week