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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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle-area private schools grapple with fall reopening decisions
Some Seattle-area private schools have announced that they will begin the school year remotely, as many school districts plan to do, following Governor Jay Inslee’s recommendation Wednesday that schools in counties with high rates of coronavirus transmission remain closed in September. Others have yet to announce whether they will hold classes in-person.
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How can Seattle Schools improve remote learning this fall?
With the new school year fewer than six weeks away, and now set to begin with remotely, families, staff and education advocates are calling on Seattle Public Schools to drastically improve how it serves students from afar after a rocky start to distance learning this spring.
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KUOW Newsroom
Teachers union says Seattle Public Schools' fall plans are premature and not negotiated
Seattle's teachers union is accusing the district of failing to include them in key decisions about reopening as tensions mount among educators about potential exposure to Covid-19 in the classroom this fall.
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KUOW Newsroom
'I can't breathe': A 2nd-grader. A security guard. A Seattle school.
The Seattle School Board has voted to suspend the placement of police in schools in response to police brutality, especially against Black people and children. Security guards, however, far outnumber cops in Seattle schools. Some say the district should also reexamine the way it uses security guards to police student behavior - even in the youngest grades.
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Classes will likely be part in-person, part remote for Seattle Schools students this fall
The plan Superintendent Denise Juneau released today will be enacted in the likely event that schools cannot fully open - and are not again shuttered due to Covid-19.
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KUOW Newsroom
What will school look like this fall in the Seattle area?
KUOW All Things Considered host Kim Malcolm interviews education reporter Ann Dornfeld.
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KUOW Newsroom
'Counselors, not cops': Seattle students and staff call for district to get police out of schools
Seattle Public Schools' 11-year-old School Emphasis Officer program claims to help keep youth out of gangs and in school. Critics say it is part of the school-to-prison pipeline, and makes schools feel like jails.
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Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
Hundreds turn out for student-led Black Lives Matter protest at Franklin High School
Students, staff, parents and community members lined Rainier Avenue for two hours, chanting “No justice, no peace, prosecute the police!" and "Hands up, don't shoot!" as passing motorists laid on their horns in support.
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False advertising: This Seattle Covid test center reveals the 'Wild West' of antibody screening
That a budget hotel has become a makeshift medical facility offering unproven antibody tests highlights the gaps in regulatory oversight at the local, state and federal levels during this pandemic.
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KUOW Newsroom
How many Seattle students are doing distance learning? The school district can’t say
After two months of state-mandated distance learning due to the coronavirus, and distributing 13,500 laptops to students, Seattle Public Schools cannot say how many of its students are showing up to virtual classes, handing in assignments, doing paper packets, or have even made contact with school staff.