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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When will students return to the classroom in Seattle Public Schools?
As suburban districts unveil plans to start bringing students back to the classroom this fall, many parents in Seattle Public Schools want to know why the state’s largest district has not announced when it might restart in-person learning - especially for younger students, who tend to find distance learning most challenging.
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KUOW Newsroom
A Seattle family moves to Canada so kids can attend school in-person
They refer to this plan as their 'escape hatch' from the U.S.
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KUOW Newsroom
From 'nana school' to a Canadian 'escape hatch': Seattle families plan for fall classes
After a tumultuous spring of emergency distance learning, these parents discuss how they are looking at
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KUOW Newsroom
Highlights from Seattle Schools' tentative agreement with its teachers union
Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Education Association, its educators union, reached a long-awaited tentative agreement Wednesday that outlines expectations for both sides as the district gears up to begin the school year remotely.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle Schools and its teachers union still negotiating how to restart school next week
Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Education Association, its teachers union, are in final negotiations about the in-person elements of a school year scheduled to start — mostly remotely — at the beginning of September.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
King County has confirmed 24 Covid-19 outbreaks at child care centers since March
Public health officials confirmed 20 Covid-19 outbreaks involving two or more people at child care facilities in King County between March and the end of July.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle special education students have gone months with few services. Will fall be different?
Parents of students in special education are bracing for another round of remote learning — and want answers about how Seattle Public Schools plans to serve students with disabilities after five months with few services. Families in three other districts have filed a lawsuit against the state.
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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.