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Seattle, Highline, Bellevue School Districts Say Enrollment Is Lower Than Previously Projected

By • Sep 21, 2018
Ashley Gross / KNKX

(Updated at 7:47 am on Sept. 22, 2018, to correct to say the district has "curtailed" central administration hiring instead of "stopped," and to add comments from Superintendent Denise Juneau.)

Seattle Public Schools is facing an unexpected drop in enrollment, and the Highline and Bellevue school districts also said the number of students enrolled this school year is below their earlier projections.

'Oh God, There’s No More High School After This’: Film Tracks Highline Students For 4 Years

By • Sep 18, 2017
courtesy of Highline Public Schools

Graduation rates are something each school district tracks closely, but there are human stories underlying those numbers. Telling those stories is what Highline Public Schools set out to do in a new documentary called "Eleven Paths."

Unpacking Government: What Does Civics Education Look Like In Washington?

By • Apr 24, 2017
Simone Alicea / KNKX

Since the election, there has been renewed interest in learning about how government works. 

Most high school students said in 2010 that they learned about civics in some form, according to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress in the subject.

But many adults in Washington state and around the country are finding those high school government lessons difficult to remember. 

What Washington Teaches Kids

Highline School Voters Again Reject Property Tax Hike For Building Repairs

By • Feb 11, 2015
Courtesy Highline Public Schools

Voters in the Highline School District have once again rejected a plan to rebuild aging schools, upgrade the district's technology and make other critical building repairs. 

Though the proposed $376 million bond issue was slightly smaller than the package voters rejected by just 215 votes in November, it fared worse in Tuesday's special election. Results showed 53 percent of voters supporting the property tax hike, short of the 60 percent supermajority it needed to pass.

With Highline High School Aging, District Goes Back To Voters To Ask For Rebuild

By • Feb 5, 2015
Courtesy Highline Public Schools

Highline Public Schools leaders are once again pushing for a property tax hike to build several new school buildings. A similar measure fell just 215 votes short in November. 

District officials have sent a $376 million bond issue back to Highline School District voters who have until next Tuesday, Feb. 10 to return their ballots in a special election.

How much do students benefit from free practice SATs? Some say a lot

By • Nov 4, 2011
Charla Bear / KPLU

Thousands of students across the state are taking the SAT this weekend.

The college entrance exam plays a big role in admissions, but a lot of students are poorly prepared for it. Some educators say an easy way to change that – and get students to gear up for college earlier – is to pay for sophomores or juniors to take a preliminary version of the test. 

Cash prizes will go to schools that get more kids eating breakfast

By • Aug 22, 2011
Charla Bear / KPLU

More than 300,000 kids who qualify for free or reduced breakfast in Washington are not eating it.

Participation in the state’s early morning meal program is so low, educators and children’s advocates have launched a new effort to get schools focused on the issue.