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Clover Park High School band director Dennis Dearth has been named the 2009-10 Mountain Region Music Educator of the Year.
New details indicate a kindergarten teacher in Tacoma was suspended earlier this month after he was accused of grabbing a female student by the sleeve – possibly pinching her skin – and then pushing her to the ground.
Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn’s proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass math and science tests to graduate, because the state’s economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well trained in both subjects.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn wants to delay both science and math requirements for high school graduation, according to KIRO 7.
Bethel High School senior Travis Rimestad wanted to show his classmates how wheelchair basketball is done.
The location for tonight’s community discussion on Tacoma schools has changed.
A Tacoma native has received a national award for her work as a principal.
The Puyallup School Board will hold a special public meeting today at 6 p.m. to conduct second interviews with two finalists for an open board seat.
Secretary of State Sam Reed recognized the students of First Creek Middle School in Tacoma last week for having the highest voter turnout statewide among schools taking part in a mock election.
Puyallup School District officials say the City of Puyallup owes them money for building Puyallup’s new City Hall over a public alleyway that used to border district property.
Many service members returning from war have a hard time readjusting to life back home. As many as one-third suffer from irritability, nightmares, emotional swings and more – signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Tacoma School Board is leaning strongly toward asking voters to approve a $140 million capital levy in February, less than a year after voters rejected a school bond package more than twice that size.
The Tacoma School Board unanimously expressed support Thursday night for asking voters to approve a $140 million capital levy in February. The board will take a formal vote later this month.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the Federal Way School District in a fair-funding dispute Thursday, saying that variations in the way Washington teachers and school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem.
A teacher at Mary Lyon Elementary School in Tacoma has been suspended while the district and police investigate allegations of “inappropriate physical discipline.”
A new effort to help kids and families in Tacoma is set to debut soon.
Justina Tran, David Huyah and Bill Stricker, from left, and other members of the Foss High School Sustainable Design Group, inspect a water sample from Commencement Bay during a ride Monday on the 68-foot educational ship Indigo.
Soldiers in mechanic Good Adam’s squad could use laundry soap and boxer briefs.
Voters leaned toward known quantities in most contested South Sound school board races Tuesday, favoring incumbents or active school volunteers in early returns.
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