Schools could use rejected initiative's help now
5/12/2008
This week, Jennifer Priddy, the state official with the best knowledge of the financial health of public schools, bluntly told a panel of lawmakers and educators, "This is going to be a bad year" because the problem is widespread and deep.
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Guest Column: Students' success begins in the belief system
6/30/2008An extraordinary thing happened last month in Granger, a small, impoverished town in the Yakima Valley where most adults and many children work in the fields cutting asparagus, picking cherries and sorting apples. More than 90 percent of the Class of 2008 -- almost all of whom are low-income -- graduated from high school on time. Another couple of students will be graduating this summer.
