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Fri Oct 29 16:29:12 PDT 2010 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Together we can stop bullying
Bullying has taken center stage in the media. Students have committed suicide after being bullied for their sexuality and after being accused of bullying. A new study suggests half of all teens say they've been victims of bullying.
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Sat Nov 06 13:05:03 PDT 2010 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
An up-close look at the achievement gap
There has been a lot of talk about the achievement gap and about how the U.S. is falling short when compared to other countries. What does that really mean?
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Sun Dec 05 12:34:14 PST 2010 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Redesigning dropout factories
Some companies produce widgets, others produce cogs - and some high schools in this country are accused of producing dropouts in much the same way. A recent study shows graduation rates have improved, but have they really?
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Fri Dec 17 16:59:36 PST 2010 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
A lean holiday season for education
This week Governor Christine Gregoire unveiled a budget proposal that was the equivalent of giving state educators a lump of coal for Christmas.
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Fri Dec 24 14:38:26 PST 2010 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
A multi-cultural approach to early learning
Studies indicate that kindergarten preparedness is key in bridging the achievement gap in the education system. One local organization is using a multi-cultural approach at improving a child's odds of succeeding in their first year of school.
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Wed Jan 05 16:09:32 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
An education bombshell from the Governor's office
Governor Christine Gregoire calls for major changes to Washington's education system... a system she says is non-existent.
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Tue Jan 11 14:06:58 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington gets barely passing grade in education
Two groups release report cards on Washington's education system - and both say the state is barely passing.
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Mon Jan 31 10:03:46 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Tracking education legislation
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has made it easy to track education-related legislation this session.
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Sat Feb 05 16:13:30 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Educational apartheid
The case of an Ohio mother jailed for falsifying documents in an effort to get her daughters a better education is being cited as evidence of educational apartheid in the public school system.
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Mon Feb 14 09:37:57 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Obama calls for increased spending on education
President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fy 2012 calls for increases in spending on education.
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Wed Feb 16 16:41:31 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Gregoire uses social media in push for Dept. of Education
Governor Christine Gregoire uses Facebook and Twitter in a push for support for her proposed for Department of Education.
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Sat Feb 19 15:20:13 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Student video contest focuses on importance of STEM education
A video contest for Washington students.
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Fri Feb 25 12:45:19 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
A big week for education news around the country
A big week for education news around the country... from budget slashing to kids with placards.
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Mon Feb 28 15:07:58 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Students to protest cuts to higher education
Students at a number of Washington's publicly supported colleges will be walking out of class on Tuesday to protest budget cuts to higher education.
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Wed Mar 02 15:40:10 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Meeting minimum standards not good enough
Is getting a "C" in school good enough or does it give students an excuse to be mediocre?
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Fri Mar 04 11:27:01 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Paying schools to reduce their dropout rate
Lawmakers are putting their money where their mouth is in attempting to reduce the dropout rate.
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Sat Mar 05 14:30:38 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
UW uses social media to tout higher education
The University of Washington uses social media to spread the word about the importance of a college degree. A panel discussion is planned Monday evening on the issue of higher education.
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Wed Mar 09 16:18:45 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
White House takes on bullying
The White House is hosting a conference aimed at curbing bulllying on U.S. campuses.
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Wed Mar 16 17:19:33 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Current events take center stage in local classrooms
Teachers are turning real world events into classroom lessons.
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Mon Mar 28 14:45:50 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Finding educational opportunities outside the classroom
Sometimes educational opportunities present themselves in the most unexpected places.
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Wed May 11 14:27:55 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Governor to sign tuition measure
Governor Chris Gregoire says she'll sign legislation giving the state's public universities the authority to raise tuition rates
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Tue May 17 15:44:48 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Ingraham High School to keep Principal Floe
a reversal from Seattle School District Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield. She's changed her mind and will now renew IHS Principal Martin Floe's contract.
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Mon May 23 15:06:08 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Anniversary of historic education decision
Last week marked the 57th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
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Wed May 25 14:50:26 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Education hit hardest in budget cuts
Cuts to education account for 41 percent of all cuts from the legislature.
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Fri Jun 10 10:51:51 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
UW considers 20 percent tuition increase
Regents at the University of Washington tentatively approve a 20% increase in tuition
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Tue Jun 14 13:48:16 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
State releases HSPE results
OPSI - the state agency that oversees K-12 education in Washington, today released the results of the reading and writing portions of the High School Proficiency Exams.
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Mon Jun 20 15:42:41 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
The right to life, liberty and education?
A constitutional amendment has been proposed that would give Americans the right to a high quality education.
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Tue Jun 28 14:17:43 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Dream Act gets hearing before Senate subcommittee
A Senate subcommittee today discussed a measure to grant undocumented students the right to higher education
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Tue Jul 05 16:07:01 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Government tracks college affordability
The Department of Education releases its annual College Affordability study. And, just as the UW announces the largest tuition hike in the school's history, a study shows that the concept of "college for all" may not be realistic.
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Fri Jul 29 16:39:32 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Crashing the Torchlight Parade for Education
Organizers are planning to crash the Torchlight Parade to bring attention to the state of public education.
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Thu Aug 04 14:58:16 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Students clash with police in Chile over education reform
Thousands of students in Chile have taken to the street in a push for educational reform.
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Tue Aug 16 13:51:48 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
If you don't like the rules, change them
Attempts by the Obama Administration to change No Child Left Behind are stalled.. so the adminstration is looking for ways to work around the education act.
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Wed Aug 17 15:20:53 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington kids do well on ACT
For the eighth straight year, Washington kids have scored above the national average on the American College Test (ACT).
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Mon Aug 22 16:18:27 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Fuel Up First; the importance of breakfast in education
State educators are pushing the importance of breakfast through a new program, "Fuel Up First with Breakfast."
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Mon Sep 12 14:29:39 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
SpongeBob's impact on education
Watching fast paced cartoons may be detrimental to a child's ability to learn.
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Tue Sep 13 12:32:03 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
UW in top 50 in ranking of nation's colleges, universities
U.S. News & World Report has released their annual rankings of colleges and universities.
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Tue Sep 13 15:30:11 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Tacoma strike a battle over seniority
While teacher pay and class size issues have yet to be resolved, union leaders say it's seniority that is the biggest obstacle to any settlement in the Tacoma teachers strike.
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Wed Sep 14 13:08:11 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington students score well on SAT
The results are in and it appears Washington students scored well on the national Scholastic Aptitude Test.
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Fri Sep 16 21:57:02 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Social media & the teachers' strike
The results are in and it appears Washington students scored well on the national Scholastic Aptitude Test.
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Tue Sep 20 14:04:32 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Side effects of the Tacoma teacher strike
A lot of things impact how a child is educated. And, it turns out, a strike by teachers impacts more than just a child's ability to learn.
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Mon Sep 26 12:47:58 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Education Nation - Washington
KING-5 News is partnering with NBC in a week-long focus on the greatest challenges facing the U.S. education system as well as new opportunities and innovative ways of revolutionizing education in America.
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Thu Sep 29 14:48:00 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Dorn says 'no' to governor's proposed cuts
The State Superintendent is standing firm - he won't provide the Governor's office with ideas on how to cut education by $97.3-million dollars.
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Tue Oct 04 15:19:08 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington gets 'F' in civil rights education
When it comes to teaching the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the Southern Poverty Law Center has given the state of Washington an "F."
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Fri Oct 14 15:55:59 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Seattle schools in need of repair
Seattle Schools are in need of some costly repairs.
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Mon Oct 31 14:35:16 PDT 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Halloween and schools
Some schools in the Puget Sound region are not celebrating Halloween today, though not necessarily for religious reasons.
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Mon Nov 14 15:30:10 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Superintendents push for shortened school year
Thirty-five school district superintendents are asking lawmakers to shorten the school year in an attempt to balance the state's budget.
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Tue Dec 27 12:58:19 PST 2011 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Court upholds teachers' suspensions
The Washington State Court of Appeals has upheld the suspensions of two Seattle teachers who refused to give their students the WASL or its equivalent.
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Thu Jan 05 15:31:35 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
EDUCATION: Court rules state fails students
The Washington State Supreme Court today ruled that lawmakers are failing to provide adequate funding to pay for a basic education.
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Thu Jan 12 17:21:27 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Report card gives Washington a 'C'
The Annual Report Card published by Education Week gives Washington a "C".
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Tue Jan 24 16:21:17 PST 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Digital divide is increasing
A new study finds the digital divide is increasing.
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Wed Jan 25 16:39:19 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Obama calls for mandatory HS graduation
President Obama calls for mandatory high school graduation.
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Wed Feb 01 16:26:21 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
EDUCATION: When is a guarantee not a guarantee?
The legislature is looking at proposed changes to the state's GET program . If approved, parents who bought credits under the program could end up paying more for their children's education.
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Wed Feb 15 23:19:41 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
EDUCATION: Washington to apply for No Child Left Behind waiver
State Superintendent Randy Dorn today announced the state will apply for a waiver to No Child Left Behind rules.
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Mon Feb 27 15:11:38 PST 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Obama wants state to spend more on education
President Obama challenges governors to spend more on education.
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Wed Mar 07 15:42:26 PST 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
New report details educational inequities in U.S. schools
A just-released Department of Education study highlights educational inequity in teacher experience, discipline and the rigor of high school curriculum.
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Tue Mar 20 14:13:40 PDT 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
State of education poses threat to national security
If U.S. schools don't improve, the nation's security and economic prosperity are at risk, warns a task force report out today.
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Fri Mar 30 11:06:40 PDT 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
EDUCATION: School improvement program failing in Washington
Researchers at the University of Washington say the federal school improvement program is mostly failing in Washington.
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Tue Apr 10 14:29:40 PDT 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington's early education good, but too few served
A new report says Washington's early education programs are among the best in the country... they just serve too few kids.
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Wed May 23 15:43:39 PDT 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Romney: U.S. kids getting a 'third-world education'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claims students in the United States are getting a "third-world education."
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Tue May 29 16:16:37 PDT 2012 by CYNTHIA WISE, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Texas teen jailed for skipping school
The story of a Texas teenager jailed for missing class has gone viral.
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Wed Nov 14 14:06:28 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Washington's budget shortfall better than earlier projections
Washington faces a projected $1.1 billion shortfall over the next four years, according to an outlook released by the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council.
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Tue Nov 27 11:53:20 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
UW cuts ties with Adidas over human rights issues
The school said the decision to sever ties with the company came after Adidas refused to pay severance to workers at a factory the company closed in Indonesia.
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Tue Dec 11 10:57:06 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
King County schools win $40 million in Race to the Top support
The federal government is granting $40 million to fund a unique approach to improving student achievement developed by a group of King County school districts.
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Thu Dec 20 14:45:08 PST 2012 by Cynthia Wise, Senior Assignments Editor, KING 5 News
Stephanie McCleary and the interview 5 years in the making
Stephanie McCleary helped change how Washington state funds public education. But she had never sat down for a face-to-face interview ... Until now.
