Kathleen Wareham offers guidance on choosing private school

An Edmonds family knows that both the costs and the payoffs can be sky-high

Developmental milestones are tricky. There’s a sequence children go through as they learn skills, but they’re all on their own timetables.

Here’s a simple equation; Elementary students + their families + an evening of games and prizes = FUN!

Deb ​Escher got upset and then she got busy.

Coding with Kids classes aim to advance students around Puget Sound, from the very beginnings of computer programming in early elementary school up to the higher-level computer science needed for the high school AP exam and beyond.

Go to any student robotics competition, and overwhelmingly, you’ll see boys behind the remote controls. As for technology classes, it’s no secret that girls are underrepresented, sometimes stunningly so. But go to any class in the creative arts, and you’ll find girls — lots of them.

Local programs attempt to expose more underserved students to the STEM fields.

Ideally, every student in a grade level would have similar learning needs. What is true, instead, is that students enter each grade level with completely different skills, strengths and needs.

When children go to Cedarsong Nature School, there’s no such thing as staying inside because of bad weather. Actually, there’s no such thing as staying inside, period.

​Nearly 200 schools in King County, including all of Seattle Public Schools, will join millions of students worldwide this week for the largest earthquake drill in the world.

Seattle Channel, Seattle CityClub and Town Hall Seattle host a free televised community forum about the future of early childhood learning

On Monday, Google surprised teachers across the region with a "flash funding" event.

The new Proton Preschool, at Pacific Science Center's main campus, will leverage science to facilitate learning experiences through hands-on, play-based activities and investigations.

Washington STEM recently announced nearly $4 million in investments in regionally based programs aimed at improving teaching and learning of science, engineering, technology and math across Washington state.