Classrooms nationwide need more back-to-school cooling
Classrooms nationwide need more cooling during back-to-school season now compared to past decades, a new analysis finds. Maintaining a comfortable and healthy environment in schools is key to kids’ educational success, but that’s getting harder amid a warming climate. Like other buildings, schools must adapt to a changing climate — and that can mean costly upgrades. Continue reading at Axios. (Axios)
Missing children, unmarked graves, unanswered questions: Washington’s Native American boarding schools
A new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior documents the atrocities carried out over the course of close to 150 years at government maintained and supported Native American boarding schools. The report lists 417 schools across 37 states and U.S. territories, including 17 boarding school sites in Washington state. It confirms that close to 1,000 children died while attending federally operated or federally supported boarding schools and identifies 74 marked and unmarked burial sites at 65 different school sites. Continue reading at KUOW. (Megan Farmer)
Why WA’s foster care system is shrinking fast
The number of children in Washington’s foster care system dropped by almost half in the past six years, reflecting a shift in approach that prioritizes keeping families together. A law that took effect in July 2023 accelerated the agency’s push in this direction. It raised the judicial standard for ordering a child removed from “serious threat of substantial harm” to “imminent physical harm.” The number of children placed in foster care fell by 14% in the year after House Bill 1227 passed. Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
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