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Selected items of interest from online news services...

COMPILED 12/1/08 (Refresh your browser for current version)

In the Seattle Times:
  • Editorial: Seattle responds to economic, academic necessities (12/1)
  • Gregoire looking at massive cuts, including schools (11/30)

In the Seattle P-I:
  • Editorial: School closures a work in progress (11/30)
  • Column: Where do we go from here with public education? (11/29)

In the Spokane Spokesman-Review:
  • Budget cuts hit East Valley district (11/29)

In the Vancouver Columbian:
  • Grant to help Washougal buy greener school buses (11/30)

In the Everett Herald:
  • Weston named one of Washington's top alternative high schools (11/30)

In the Yakima Herald-Republic (Registration Required):
  • Rice, Puente begin state school leadership roles (11/28)
  • Cowiche school awarded $20,000 for achievements (11/28)
  • 'Superkinders' make up state's only all-kindergarten school (11/27)

In the Kitsap Sun (Registration Required):
  • More students are logging on to get their learn on (11/30)
  • CK boundary shifts to be unveiled at meetings this week (11/30)
  • Stolen SK student records resurface atop dumpster (11/30)

In the Olympian:
  • Online schools make gains (12/1)
  • Districts review 2009 levy amounts (11/27)

In the Bellingham Herald:
  • Whatcom County schools struggle with electronics policies (11/30)
  • Nooksack Valley leader named state superintendent of year (11/26)

In the Wenatchee World:
  • Omak schools to seek health clinic (11/28)

In the Longview Daily News:
  • State to help Castle Rock cover cost of Vader school demolition (11/29)
  • Longview schools to get some newer, greener buses (11/27)

In the Skagit Valley Herald:
  • Outbreak sends health department to schools (11/28)

In the Sunnyside Daily Sun News:
  • Sunnyside School Board tops in Washington state (12/1)

In the Washington Post (Registration Required):
  • Survey finds growing deceit among teens (12/1)

In the New York Times (Registration Required):
  • Editorial: A plan to hire the best teachers (11/28)

In USA Today:
  • 'The Trouble with Textbooks' spells out flaws (11/30)
 

E-Clips are compiled Monday through Friday (state holidays excluded) and are normally available by 9:00 a.m. local time. Article links are selected from the Web sites of the state's largest-circulation daily newspapers and national news organizations. Note that some sites require free registration. WSSDA does not link to articles or sites where a fee or paid subscription is required for viewing/access.

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