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274 stories matching teacher
- Seattle’s First Free Kindergarten Opens in a Remodeled South End School
A San Francisco-trained teacher, a borrowed school building, and a training school for young women launch a civic experiment in early education.
- The Primary Teacher’s Plea: Why Seattle’s Schools Are Failing Our Children
Miss C.I.T. Parsons delivers a scathing indictment of the King County Teachers' Institute, arguing that cheap buildings and unqualified instructors are robbing Seattle’s youth of their potential.
- Scarlet Fever Shut Seattle's Schools—Then the Board Cut Teachers' Pay
In May 1895 a health order ended the school year early. The same meeting slashed salaries, eliminated music and drawing, and triggered a board member's furious dissent.
- The First Teachers’ Institute: A Battle for Seattle’s Soul
In September 1872, the Territory’s top educators gathered in Seattle to debate everything from corporal punishment to the role of women in teaching, laying the groundwork for public education in Washington.
- Expelled for a Poem About Jonah: A Davenport Boy Takes On His School Board
Henry Selde recited a comic verse hinting the whale never swallowed Jonah. His teacher cut him off mid-recitation, the board backed her, and a secular union carried the case all the way to the state superintendent — who said he had no authority to act.
- Seattle's Teachers Were Put on Monthly Contracts—and Cut Off in a Fire or Epidemic
In June 1895, the Seattle school board approved next year's teaching staff but changed the terms of the job: no annual contracts, ten days' notice, and no pay if fire or disease closed a school. The same meeting also debated Queen Anne school plans and cost overruns.
- The Colonel, The Schoolmaster, and the Writ of Mandamus
When a Seattle teacher enforced a strict attendance policy, a local parent sued to force the school to readmit his son. The Chief Justice’s ruling settled a tug-of-war over authority that echoes in modern classrooms.
- The Parents Said Tacoma's Schools Were Failing. The Typesetter Who Set Their Letter Answered Back.
A frustrated parent writes in to say the city schools teach paper-folding instead of arithmetic; a linotype operator at the same paper — and a Tacoma graduate himself — replies that the trouble may lie closer to home.
- Queen Anne parents ask where the $25,000 school levy went
A delegation from the Queen Anne district told the school board it had both the money and the legal duty to build a schoolhouse on the hill. The board conceded the need, blamed the county treasurer's books, and referred the whole thing to committee.
- The Centennial Call: Snohomish Citizens Urged to Claim Their History
As the nation prepares for the 1876 Independence Day celebration, local leaders in Snohomish argue that the county must stop waiting for Seattle or other larger towns to represent them. Instead, they propose a unified county-wide gathering to preserve the region's unique settlement history.
- The Teachers' Pay Gap
An editorial from 1887 argues that Seattle’s teachers are overworked, undervalued, and paid significantly less than city laborers.
- Forty Teachers Failed the Exam. The County Superintendent Called It a Disgraceful Outrage.
A dozen working King County teachers are about to be fired because they can't pass tests in higher mathematics and science they never teach — and the man who oversees them says the fault lies with the law, not the women.
- King County Teachers Organize for Job Security
Facing uncertain employment tenures and a legal battle in Pierce County, Seattle teachers unite to protect their professional future.
- 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.
- Seattle's Teachers Refused to Take 85 Cents on the Dollar
Paid in warrants the district could not back, 140 educators asked voters to bond the school debt so their salaries would be worth face value.
- The Regents Build a University: Bids, Boilers, and a Summer School for Teachers
Meeting at the old university building, the Board of Regents orders construction bids for a powerhouse and sanitary works, greenlights a summer institute for public-school teachers, and dances around the question everyone is asking — who will run the university?
- The Art of Moral Discipline in the 1885 Classroom
A look back at the rigorous and often controversial methods of classroom management and character building in 1880s Seattle schools.
- The Unlikely Union of School Principals
Teachers form a professional organization in Snohomish County to advocate for better school conditions, wage equality, and teacher efficiency.
- A Principal on Trial Behind a Closed Door
Tacoma's school board barred reporters, witnesses and both professors from its 'war chamber' inquiry into charges against high school principal Roberts, where teachers described a temper and an implied threat.
- 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 Town Meeting Catechism
Taxpayers pack Denny Hall to grill the school board over building costs and teacher salaries during the 'hard times' of 1894.
- Teachers Fight Back Against Predatory Finance
Everett school teachers refuse to accept discounted payment for their salary warrants, challenging the brokers who profit from their wages.
- Skagit County Teachers Demand Pay Equity
At the close of their annual institute, local educators highlight the gender wage gap in the public school system.
- Aberdeen’s Battle Over Teacher Pay
Taxpayers defeat a school levy, but the school board hikes teacher wages anyway, sparking a debate over the school term length.
- Seattle Teachers Finally Get Paid in Cash—No More Discounting Warrants
A new state law allows the county treasurer to pay current school expenses from the annual tax levy, ending the practice of teachers discounting their salary warrants for ready cash.
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- The Strict Moral Geometry of the Schoolroom
Teachers debate the merits of strict discipline, the threat of school suspensions, and the 'moral atmosphere' of the classroom.
- 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 Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- The Tragic Death of a Devoted Teacher
A Rainier School teacher passes away after a heroic, fatal attempt to shield her students from a schoolroom fire.
- The Schoolhouse Lessons of Old Seattle
A reflection on the struggles of the country schoolmaster and the long-lost, innocent games of childhood in pioneer-era Washington.
- Heroic Teacher Critically Burned at Rainier School
A beloved educator sustained severe injuries while attempting to prevent a lamp fire during school closing exercises.
- A Community Evening at the Schoolhouse
A local teacher organizes an ambitious evening of recitations and dialogues to fund a needed school expansion.
- The 1883 Classroom Reform
Before the public school system in Washington was fully established, teachers gathered in a Seattle church to debate the future of education, temperance, and the radical idea of 'character' over rote memorization.