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City of colleges takes heat for proposed student housing ban
Seattle teachers' tentative deal tackles issues beyond pay
Comcast extends low-cost Internet service to community college students
With teachers strike ended, Seattle schools to reopen Thursday
Prospect Heights teachers on strike; no school Wednesday
Striking Seattle teachers to return to classroom
Seattle teachers, school district reach agreement to end strike
Leaders of Seattle teachers union vote to end strike, urge members to OK tentative deal
School system using app to help parents track buses

City of colleges takes heat for proposed student housing ban

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 04:28 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal in Rhode Island's largest city to limit the number of college students who can live together to combat rowdy partying has drawn the ire of civil liberties advocates.

Seattle teachers' tentative deal tackles issues beyond pay

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 03:44 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Striking Seattle teachers who reached a tentative contract deal tapped into the concerns of the community to win unusual concessions: guaranteed 30-minute recess and teams created to address race and equity in schools.

Comcast extends low-cost Internet service to community college students

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 01:09 PM PDT

An expansion of the Internet Essentials program will offer cheap broadband to students who qualify for federal education grants. It's being tested in Colorado and Illinois.

With teachers strike ended, Seattle schools to reopen Thursday

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 11:46 AM PDT

A week-long teachers strike in Seattle has ended, but schools remained closed on Wednesday for a day of classroom preparation before some 53,000 students were slated to return from an extended summer vacation on Thursday. Negotiators for the teachers union and the Seattle school district reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year labor contract on Tuesday after a series of marathon bargaining sessions overseen by state mediators. Union leaders voted later in the day to endorse the pact and immediately end the walkout.

Prospect Heights teachers on strike; no school Wednesday

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 09:40 AM PDT

Prospect Heights District 23 schools are closed on Wednesday after teachers announced a strike overnight.

Striking Seattle teachers to return to classroom

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 12:36 AM PDT

Seattle teachers ended a weeklong strike and headed to their classrooms Wednesday after winning a 9.5 percent pay raise over three years, mandatory 30-minute recesses for elementary students, a longer ...

Seattle teachers, school district reach agreement to end strike

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 08:20 PM PDT

Striking teachers and the Seattle public school district reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday to end a nearly week-long walkout that has idled the city's 53,000 students during the first days of the school year. Seattle Public Schools said classes would start Thursday, allowing teachers and the district a day to prepare for the arrival of students. Stacy Howard, a spokeswoman for Seattle Public Schools, said the accord came after "both teams worked diligently all day Monday and overnight," following marathon weekend talks.