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Humor: Our motto's better than your motto
"Not so fast" ("Alki," more or less) has a nice ring to it, fitting for our dispassionate state and these hard times. Other states' sayings are "not so swift."
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Reflections from Raleigh
A stint in North Carolina offers perspective on some familiar concerns about transportation, school busing, local politics, and quality of life.
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It's back to neighborhood schools for Seattle
It's also back to reopening five schools closed a few years ago, with a cost of $45 million. The district releases its detailed maps and makes the case that predictability for families will outweigh some of the tradeoffs in desegregation and flexibility.
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Seattle Schools' next hot potato: student assignment plans
Out, finally, go all those arcane rules deriving from desegregation efforts. Now, the School Board hopes to adopt a new plan, assigning students largely to neighborhood schools, with far fewer "escape valves." The real challenge remains improving quality of all schools.
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Where do Seattleites come from?
Not from local hospitals, that's for sure. The city also is undergoing a remarkable surge of foreign-born and refugees.