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Knute Berger in Mossback's Den

Mossback’s Northwest | The “Bird Woman” and an ode to ornithology

A century ago, Seattle’s first female principal, Adelaide Lowry Pollock, spread the gospel of birds and good citizenship to a generation of schoolkids.

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Knute Berger

/ May 31, 2024

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Mossback's Northwest

The “Bird Woman” and an ode to ornithology

A century ago, Seattle's first female principal, Adelaide Lowry Pollock, spread the gospel of birds and good citizenship to a generation of schoolkids.

May 31, 2024

Students stand in front of a window that has panes that are broken or dirty.

Over half of WA school bond measures get majority vote, but fail

Only seven of 21 school bonds statewide got supermajority votes, but 91% of school operations levies, which require only a simple majority, passed.

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Venice Buhain

/ February 20, 2024

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Northwest Reports

Podcast | WA educators burnt out over classroom political clashes

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/ September 27, 2023

Politics reporter Joseph O’Sullivan talked to teachers about the increasing criticism they face at school over race and LGBTQ+ topics.

A man in a suit plays the trumpet

Why is jazz essential in Seattle schools? Ask Wynton Marsalis

With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest.

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Alexa Peters

/ April 14, 2023