Schools

Security footage from Wy'East Middle School captured an altercation between students. The student's mother said the school tried to downplay the event despite the video.

Evergreen parent circulates video, saying it shows bullying at Wy’East Middle

May 7, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A Vancouver mother is circulating a video on Facebook that she says is evidence of bullying that left her son with a head injury. Read story

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each of the school’s 30 or so classrooms has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

Should Washington’s public schools ban students from using cellphones?

May 6, 2024, 8:57am Latest News Free

Smartphones gripping people’s attention isn’t anything new. But following the pandemic, Kris Hagel recalls seeing a troubling rise in public school students distracted by their phones during class. Read story

People gather near a student encampment on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, Friday, May 3, 2024, to protest the Israel-Hamas war.

University of Washington rejects protesters’ calls to cut Boeing ties

May 6, 2024, 7:37am Latest News

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce minced no words in February when student protesters demanded that the university cut ties with Boeing. Read story

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal

Pandemic still at forefront of WA state schools superintendent race

May 5, 2024, 6:02am Election

The last time Washingtonians elected a state schools leader was in 2020, when most school buildings were empty because of the pandemic. Read story

Incoming WSU President Kirk Schulz speaks to faculty and students as he visits WSU Vancouver Monday April 4, 2016. Shultz is touring a branch campuses around the state.

Challenges loom as higher education in Eastern Washington sees seismic shakeups

May 5, 2024, 6:00am Business

Higher education in Eastern Washington will look a little different next year. Read story

WSU Vancouver students peacefully protest war in Gaza, want school to divest from ties to Israel

A small group of pro-Palestinian student protestors led daily marches and rallies at Washington State University Vancouver throughout this week, calling for an end to violence in Gaza. Protestors paused the march at one point outside of the Dengerink Administration Building to deliver direct criticism to the office of the Chancellor.

A small group of students at Washington State University Vancouver this week joined nationwide student protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and asking university leaders to divest from companies with financial ties to Israel. Read story