
Claire Bryan
Education Reporter at Seattle Times
Education reporter @seattletimes. Tips? [email protected]. Previously @ExpressNews, @timesunion & @chalkbeat. Stabile @columbiajourn & @umich alum.
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2 weeks ago |
spokesman.com | Claire Bryan
Washington’s state school superintendent will not sign the Trump administration’s order to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, arguing that the state has already agreed to follow requirements spelled out in federal law. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education threatened to withhold federal funding from any state education agency that doesn’t certify, within 10 days, that schools would not implement DEI programs.
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Claire Bryan
Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group. Learn more about Ed Lab.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Dahlia Bazzaz |Claire Bryan
Rachel Gittleman returned her ID badge, laptop and credit card to the U.S. Department of Education’s regional office Wednesday morning. That’s when the tears hit her unexpectedly. “There are so many layers of grief,” she said, standing in the lobby of the 37-story federal building in downtown Seattle. Gittleman and co-worker Stephanie Sampedro lingered there for hours, hoping to meet others who had lost their jobs in the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to cut the agency’s workforce in half.
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3 weeks ago |
wenatcheeworld.com | Claire Bryan
For the past two years, the Bellevue School District has allocated more of its food budget to buy from farmers across Washington to offer students meals with locally produced raspberries, blueberries and coho and chum salmon. The Local Food for Schools program, a federal program that funneled $8.8 million to Washington, played a crucial role in helping 160 districts, including Bellevue, boost the amount of fresh produce and locally grown meat, poultry and seafood they served students.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Claire Bryan
For the past two years, the Bellevue School District has allocated more of its food budget to buy from farmers across Washington to offer students meals with locally produced raspberries, blueberries and coho and chum salmon. The Local Food for Schools program, a federal program that funneled $8.8 million to Washington, played a crucial role in helping 160 districts, including Bellevue, boost the amount of fresh produce and locally grown meat, poultry and seafood they served students.
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