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Guns killed 3 Tacoma teens in a week. The community must ‘dig in,’ school board president says

At least seven teenagers in Tacoma and elsewhere in Pierce County have died from gun violence this year. Three of those teens were killed in a week.
- KUOW Staff
Washington schools grapple with conflicting policy on trans sports

Transgender student athletes, and the schools they play for in Washington, are facing some new uncertainty, as they face conflicting guidance from state and federal officials.
- Sami West
Proposal to limit transgender athletes' participation in sports blocked in Washington state

Washington state’s governing body for middle and high school athletics has determined proposed rule changes limiting how transgender students can participate in sports would violate state laws.
- Sami West
Transgender sports policies at heart of federal complaint from Washington school district

The Kennewick School Board has lodged a federal Title IX complaint against Washington state officials. At issue: the state’s current policies that allow transgender students to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
- Sami West
Politics and change: Why Seattle Public Schools' superintendent is stepping down

When Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones announced he’s leaving the district this fall, he said the decision came from a desire to spend time with family.
- Sami West
Seattle Public Schools to hunt for new leader as Superintendent Jones steps down

After "much reflection and heartfelt conversations," Superintendent Brent Jones announced he's leaving the top job at Washington's largest public school district.
- Sami West
Homelessness is soaring among Seattle students. School support workers are on the front lines

Homelessness among Seattle Public Schools students has been on the rise over the last two years, affecting roughly 2,200 students. KUOW takes an inside look at how a district staffer goes above and beyond to help these students – and their families – in one southeast Seattle elementary school.
- Sami West
Successful dropout prevention program in Washington state faces uncertain future

A state program that helps prevent Washington students from dropping out of high school may be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't step in.
- Sami West
'We are not going backward.' Washington schools chief tells districts to maintain DEI programs despite Trump threat

Washington’s top education leader says schools shouldn’t make any changes in response to the Trump administration’s recent edict to axe diversity initiatives by the end of the month.
- Sami West
New Washington Public Lands chief defends pause on logging ‘almost old-growth forests’

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting local governments and school districts that get money from those timber sales?
- Libby Denkmann

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