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- The Contract for Indian Education
Federal authorities push to integrate Indigenous children into public schools to swell local district funds.
- McKinley School's Marshy Misery
Tacoma’s board of education moves to address debt and site conditions at the unhealthful McKinley School location.
- The High Price of Schooling
Aberdeen voters face a contentious ballot measure regarding an extra tax for schools, sparking a local debate on the limits of civic spending during an economic downturn.
- Seattle High School Students Petition for Their Right to Learn
After the school board abolished the city's high school, students and volunteer teachers showed up to class anyway, refusing to let their education end.
- Construction Stalls on Walla Walla’s Grand New High School
A shortage of skilled bricklayers and delayed materials push the completion date of the city's premier educational facility into late autumn.
- The Price of Education in Early Seattle
A concerned citizen calls out the School Board for slashing teacher wages to settle district debts, highlighting a lopsided austerity that spared no professional pocketbook.
- The Saloon at the State Fair: A Temperance Warning from Yakima
An impassioned editorial condemns the state fair commission for auctioning saloon rights, warning that liquor will corrupt young men and tarnish the fair's educational mission.
- The Senator’s Crusade for Public Education
An 1882 Congressional proposal sought to use whiskey tax revenue to fund the nation's public schools, promising tens of thousands of dollars to Washington Territory.
- The Struggle to Draft Washington’s Constitution
Delegates at the 1889 convention in Olympia face intense debate over corporate regulation and public warehouse oversight.
- Puyallup Land Sale Proposal Stirs Tacoma Speculators
As Tacoma developers salivated over tribal lands, a prominent Puyallup leader took his case to Washington D.C. to navigate the complex, often predatory, future of his people's property.
- Newport High School Earns State Accreditation
After only four years of operation, the local high school secures a major milestone, allowing its graduates to enter state universities without entrance exams.
- The Industrial Vision for Washington's Colleges
Professor George Lilly, head of the State Agricultural College, outlines a plan to turn higher education toward practical workshop training.
- The Seattle School Board's Fight for Independence
In 1891, Superintendent Frank D. Barnard sought to sever Seattle’s school examinations from county oversight, a move that echoes modern debates over local versus state control in education.
- A $125 Doctorate: Bellingham's Normal School Principal on Trial
Sixteen charges — misapplied funds, incompetence and a mail-order Ph.D. — land the best-known educator in the Northwest before a governor-ordered hearing.
- The Fight to Fix Washington's Territorial Schools
A concerned teacher proposes major reforms to end patronage, cheating, and superintendent corruption in the Territory's school system.
- Defending Local Schools from State Takeover
A legislative attempt to divert $164,000 from Seattle schools to rural districts was defeated in the Senate.
- A New College for the Yakima Valley
Congregationalists secure land and funding to break ground on a new educational institution near Ahtanum.
- The Fight to Save Seattle’s Schools from a Legislative Raid
Seattle educators and school board officials are scrambling to block a state bill that would force the city’s education tax dollars to subsidize rural school districts.
- State Committee Finds University Facilities 'Inadequate'
An inspection of the University of Washington reveals crumbling infrastructure and classroom shortages, prompting a call for a new site near the lakes.
- The Forgotten: Advocating for Washington Territory’s Deaf, Blind, and Feeble-Minded Children
A compelling 1885 editorial highlights the territorial government's failure to educate citizens with disabilities, framing their exclusion as both a moral failing and a future burden.
- The Fight for Seattle's First High School
An 1886 public debate over the 'luxury' of secondary education mirrors the modern struggle to fund public infrastructure.
- The Price of Education in 1903
Walla Walla's school district votes to levy a five-mill tax to cover rising costs for sites, buildings, and teacher salaries.
- A Frontier Education: The Struggles of Washington's Early Schools
State Superintendent R.B. Bryan reflects on the chaotic, underfunded, and record-sparse beginnings of Washington’s school system.
- The Day the Students Dethroned Their Teacher
A classroom revolt in Waitsburg turns physical, leaving a respected educator humiliated and the school district in search of leadership.
- The Pioneer Struggle to Fund Washington's Common Schools
An 1877 legislative session in Olympia debates selling off University lands to fund the territory's school districts, highlighting the precarious nature of public education in the early days of the Washington Territory.