The Seattle Times reports that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Seattle Public Schools discriminates against African-American students by disciplining them “more frequently and more harshly than similarly situated white students,” said ED spokesman Jim Bradshaw.
Continue reading...According to the Seattle Times, the Seattle School Board is considering loosening its ban on unhealthful food in high schools after complaints from student governments that the policy has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in vending-machine profits over the past seven years.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that according to recent reviewsof the school systems in Boston, Buffalo, NY, Portland, OR, and Seattle, those districts are not providing English language learner (ELL) students with the level of assistance in learning English that is guaranteed under federal law.
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