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Dreams are lost in the community college 'maze'
Community college was "a weird maze," recalls Santos Enrique Camara, who'd hoped to study audio engineering at Washington's Shoreline...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 7, 20232 min read
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Fewer students means fewer schools
"Faced with millions in budget shortfalls and declining enrollment," Seattle Public Schools is looking at closing schools and laying off...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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The students who never returned
A quarter-million students who left public schools during the pandemic are missing, according to an analysis of 21 states and the...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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Schools have more teachers, fewer students
Schools are adding teachers while enrolling fewer students, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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If strike closes LA schools, it could be 'nail in the coffin'
A threatened strike by Los Angeles Unified's service workers -- custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special-education aides --...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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Choice lets parents find a school that respects their rights
"Families should not be stuck in an education system that actively undermines parental rights and ideologically grooms children, argues...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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Don't push good teachers over the fiscal cliff
School districts are hiring more staffers, even as enrollments decline. When federal pandemic relief funds run out in 2024, who will be...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 7, 20221 min read
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Restless in Seattle: Asians, achievers are 'quiet quitting' public schools
Asian-American and affluent parents are"quiet quitting" Seattle Public Schools, writes Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat. Overall,...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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