Washington State, like many other states, is hurting financially. No one questions this; however, the recovery methods and suggestions do cause me to pause and worry about the state’s and nation’s education futures. One column’s composer basically says teachers should be able to overcome all odds to create student success. Granted, the author ...

I was at a meeting yesterday where the administration unveiled the new schedule for next year. We will add an intervention period at the end of the day by taking minutes away from each class during the day. We will lose about 4 hours of class time per period to create this extra period. When one teacher asked why this is a good idea (to sacrifice ...