To satisfy the financial needs of the McCleary decision, Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a $2.3 billion education plan that is being fought by state republicans. On Wednesday he reached out to local leaders for support.
Sydney Vernon said she got the idea during a field trip to the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture.
Vernon’s design was selected as one of four finalists from a field of 470 students across the country for the Future Engineers 3-D Printing in Space Challenge.
Putter Bert said she never dreamed of the success KidsQuest has had when it opened in Factoria a decade ago, but Wednesday, she and roughly 50 community members, leaders, and officials stood at the doorway of the new home for the children’s museum and reveled in how far they’ve come in 10 years.
A Cherry Crest Elementary art teacher was arrested last week for allegedly raping and molesting a former student for several years while she attended the school, however, formal charges have not yet been filed.
Three local teams of your engineers, including two all-girl squads, are competing in the FIRST LEGO League Western Washington State Championship on Saturday at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
With temperatures in the low 60s, near record highs for January, people flocked to parks and playgrounds with their families to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather.
Often considered one of the most influential and iconic jazz vocalists of all time, Holiday’s work will be performed by Stacie Calkins at 2:30 p.m. on February 8 at the Unity Performing Arts Center inside the Unity of Bellevue building.
On the heels (and toes, arms and backs) of their hugely successful international tour across North America, Circus Oz is returning to the Pacific Northwest Feb. 5-8 at the Moore Theatre in Seattle.
A local video game company has partnered with a national nonprofit to encourage girls to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) opportunities.
Richard Van Anderson has always been fascinated by the urban legends of people waking up in bathtubs full of ice, their organs allegedly removed and sold on the black market.
As a medical student in New York, the improbability of the situation troubled him; why would a surgeon keep the patient on ice when the common practice is to warm them up?
Sen. Cyrus Habib, D-Kirkland, is hoping his first senate bill will better protect passengers, drivers and the public by establishing a statewide framework for Transportation Network Companies such as Uber and Lyft.
Hundreds of people gathered Monday morning at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in community.
Presidents Elson S. Floyd and David L. Rule are discussing the potential union of the two schools and how the Bellevue campus could continue to offer its two-year degrees and WSU’s four-year degrees.
Forrest Sargent’s verbal vocabulary may be limited to a few dozens words, but his photographs speak volumes.
Known as “Senor Mattson,” the fourth-grade teacher was honored by Bellevue-based Symetra and the Seattle Seahawks for his ability to reach students in a way few others have, being named the one of this year’s Heroes in the Classroom.
Piper Sangston doesn’t need much to capture the attention of her students. With a few kind, respectful words, each picks up their writing instruments, note cards and begins scribbling down the three things they’re thankful for that day.
More than half of the proposed investment, $1.3 billion, would be spent meeting the requirements of House Bill 2776, the subject of the McCleary decision, by the second year of the 2015-2017 biennium.
With the help of Microsoft, a founding support of Code.org, a leading partner of the Hour of Code and a sponsor of Computer Science Education Week, the software company is attempting to get 100 million youth to try their hand at computer coding.
During the last biennium, the state’s lawmakers passed a $33.8 billion budget, but since that time the state Supreme Court ruled Washington must address the McCleary decision, voters passed an initiative reducing class sizes, inflation rose and the state lost several multi-hundred million dollar lawsuits.
The competition, an effort to celebrate new music, recognize up-and-coming artist and give fans the ability to vote, Bands4Good is a national contest focused on showcasing unknown talent and raising money to keep music in schools.
