Former Gig Harbor High School Principal Ted Strong, who led the school for nearly three years, is no longer with the Peninsula School District.
A Longview school has removed a controversial booth that was used to isolate special education students to prevent them from hurting themselves or others.
Former Gig Harbor High School Principal Ted Strong is no longer with the Peninsula School District, and hasn’t been for nearly three months.
An educator with Tacoma roots was named the state’s school superintendent of the year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
Steilacoom Historical School District Superintendent Bill Fritz will host an informal community conversation on Dec. 10, covering a wide range of participant-generated topics.
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Sumner High School’s ASB and Leadership classes will host a free holiday community dinner Saturday.
Bellarmine Prep student Taylor Tran recently qualified for the 2013 US Figure Skating Championships in the ice dancing category.
Working professionals who want to teach in Washington state middle schools and high schools are invited to an information session on a one-year course of study in the Saint Martin’s University Secondary Teacher Alternate Route Program.
Staff and students at Tacoma’s Lister Elementary School were saddened to learn of the death of their former principal, Rafael “Ray” Maltos, this fall.
Some Fircrest-area parents say they’re battle-weary after years of school closures and threats of closures from Tacoma Public Schools.
The mom and grandmother of Tacoma students injured in a school bus crash this week are questioning the way the incident was handled by both police and the private contractor that operates most Tacoma Public Schools buses.
The mom and grandmother of Tacoma students injured in a school bus crash earlier this week are questioning the way the incident was handled by both police and the private contractor that operates most Tacoma Public Schools buses.
Tacoma chemistry teacher Ken Richardson has turned instruction on its head. He gives his lessons to students outside the classroom and brings assignments that might otherwise be done as homework into class.
SPOKANE — Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won’t be able to light up.
Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up.
A grant application written jointly by seven King County school districts is among 61 finalists for the federal Race to the Top competition, the U.S. Department of Education announced.
A picture of Chief Little Crow was plastered across the first page of a PowerPoint presentation that 13-year-old Brandon Spencer was assembling at White Swan High School one recent morning.
Maria “Mari” Barrera was 6 when she and her family came to the United States in 1997. A decade later, she discovered she was not a U.S. citizen. The discovery sent ripples through her life: She would not be able to get a part-time job, like her friends. Without a Social Security number, she would not qualify for federal financial aid for college.
The Elementary Schools Principals Association of Washington recently recognized Laurie Dent, principal of Liberty Ridge Elementary School, as a Regional Distinguished Principal for 2012.
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