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Arts facing a wipe-out in Olympia
Only two of four measures to help arts in Seattle and statewide are still breathing, just barely.
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Rescuing the valleys: a new approach to flooding, endangered salmon, and crumbling dams
A book by UW professors offers smarter ways to treat the rivers around which we have built civilization. Following their ideas might help assure our civilization, in a future where we work better with nature at less cost.
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The federal shutdown, or non-shutdown, as viewed from the NW
Two of the region's larger papers tried to deliver a bit of their own material on the D.C. drama.
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Staging, and selling, ethnic dance and music: a Cuban success story
Los Munequitos de Matanzas, which just performed in Seattle, brings nearly six decades of tradition to its shows, translating rich cultural history for a ticket-buying public without becoming 'Rumbapalooza.'
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Why we are failing to teach every child to read
One flaw is being blinded by average reading scores, masking the students who are falling behind. Another is the regimented, stuffed curriculum, which crowds out time for teaching each child to read by the early elementary years. But reading is not just another subject; it's the fundamental and cruc