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Victory for Seattle Teachers’ Testing Boycott: High School MAP Test Optional Next Year
by Julianne Hing on May 15 2013, 2:22PM
The resistance in Seattle is but one pocket of the growing backlash against the misuse and overuse of standardized tests.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Seattle Police Chief Retires Amidst Scrutiny Over Officers’ Brutality
by Julianne Hing on April 9 2013, 11:27AM
Seattle will get a new police chief, but it’s still got plenty of problems it needs to work out.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Seattle Teachers Hold Steady to Boycott as Testing Backlash Grows
by Julianne Hing on January 24 2013, 10:11AM
Around the country, communities are rising up against the testing-driven school reform movement.
Topics: Education Reform, Schools & Youth
Teachers at Two Seattle High Schools Boycotting Standardized Test
by Jorge Rivas on January 15 2013, 12:00PM
They claim they can’t in good conscience subject students to the test again.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Lawsuit: Hertz Suspended 34 Somali Muslims for Praying at Work
by Jorge Rivas on October 10 2011, 12:59PM
The Muslim workers who drove airport shuttles for Hertz at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were suspended Friday.
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No Hate Crime Charges for Seattle PD’s Beating Caught On Camera
by Julianne Hing on September 3 2010, 5:21PM
The prosecuting attorney apparently doesn’t think racial profiling precipitates hate crimes.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Seattle Cop: ‘I’ll Beat the F—-ing Mexican Piss Out of You Homey’
by Kai Wright on May 10 2010, 2:16PM
A freelance photographer’s video of Seattle police kicking a suspect in the head while hurling racial slurs surfaced last week, and is quickly drawing national attention. The video, shot on April 17, is certainly shocking. A group of officers from…
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