School Funding

The court said in its written opinion that the state shares only part of the responsibility to pay schools' construction costs, but didn't specify exactly how much.

With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest.

School districts are required to submit four-year budget plans to the state schools superintendent’s office under a new rule approved by legislators last…

(Updated at 10:43 am on Aug. 29, 2018, to add that the Tacoma Education Association says the raise the district is offering is 0.6 percent above what's in…

Seattle teachers will take a strike authorization vote Tuesday afternoon after failing to reach a tentative contract agreement with the school district.…

This is a busy week at the bargaining table for school districts and teachers’ unions. They’re contending with the state’s new education funding system,…

The long-running McCleary lawsuit is over now that the state Legislature approved big changes in how the state funds public education. But school…

What should a 21st century public school system look like? Washington’s superintendent of public instruction says it’s time to have that conversation...

King County residents may experience some sticker shock when they see their property tax bills this year because of the state's plan to fund…

The Feb. 13 special election will be a test of voters' support for local school levies and bond measures in the wake of major changes to the way the state…