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Large classes, little social distancing at a Tukwila charter school worry parents and staff

Parents at Impact Puget Sound Elementary are asking the state to step in to address the lack of social distancing in its classrooms. Staff, too, have voiced safety concerns - but say they hold little power at the school.
Ann Dornfeld
Education

Textbook that asked if treatment of Native Americans was 'exaggerated' is recalled

Hodder Education, the publisher of the textbook, said it was removing the book from sale and would conduct a review of the content.
Deepa Shivaram
Education

Puget Sound is the classroom for students at Maritime High School

Most high schools go on the occasional field trip, but few take classes on a boat. That’s just one of the ways Maritime High School, a new program designed to give 35 ninth graders hands-on experience with marine science, maritime construction, and vessel operations differentiates from the typical high school experience.
Noel Gasca
Education

Teachers in Texas are told they must teach 'opposing' views of the Holocaust

An administrator with the Southlake School District reportedly made the statement during a meeting when a new state law came up. It says multiple perspectives should be presented on certain topics.
Sharon Pruitt-Young
Health

Covid infections down among children in King County since school started

Covid infection rates haven’t increased for kids in King County since they went back to school. In fact, transmission among youth has gone down since the return to physical classrooms.
Liz Brazile
Arts & Life

Don’t blame the Mariners. They would have made it if MLB played like Islander Middle School

Once again, the baseball playoffs are underway, and the Mariners are sitting at home.
Bill Radke
Education

Some kids haven't been in a classroom for 16 months. Here's what to expect in Seattle

Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Public Schools assistant deputy superintendent Sarah Pritchett about the return to in-person learning, and the district's safety plans for Covid-19.
Kim Malcolm
Education

Students are back in classrooms at Wing Luke Elementary

Seattle Public Schools are open for full-time, in-person learning for the first time in more than a year. At Wing Luke Elementary, kids lined up outside the building to avoid gathering indoors. A table with masks and hand sanitizer stood in front of the entrance to the school, along with a sign about how to protect one another form Covid-19.
Kate Walters

Megan Farmer
Education

What I heard when I returned to school

Many students are going back to school for in-person learning. RadioActive youth producer Charlotte Engrav is one of them. She feels mixed emotions. In this creative audio diary told entirely through sound, she shares her experience with anxiety during school after over a year of virtual classes.
Charlotte Engrav
Arts & Life

'How down are you' with space travel? UW grad Hip Hop MD on a mission for STEM leaders

Rocketing into space is an experience many have dreamed of, but few will actually experience. Maynard Okereke is now among them.
Angela King

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