Education

Kate Barnett won’t take her steps for granted when she walks to accept her diploma during commencement at Gonzaga University this weekend.

The Spokane Public Schools Board selected a construction company to lead the modernization of North Central High School as promised under the district’s $200 million bond, passed in November.

After the Legislature cut funding for the state’s Transition to Kindergarten program this session, the state’s superintendent is trying to preserve spots in the preschool program for 4-year-olds in high-poverty school districts and rural areas.

After months of racial tension, Gonzaga University has reportedly had another racist incident on campus.

Inland Northwest residents will have a couple chances to hear from one of the nation’s pre-eminent agricultural scientists and autism advocates.

More than 100 Opportunity Elementary students will be directed to attend neighboring schools in Central Valley after an adjustment to the district’s internal boundaries.

Voters in the Nine Mile Falls School District have rejected a $6.2 million capital levy.

After a February failure, East Valley School District’s $220 million bond is faring much worse this time around.

Sue Perkins, a caregiver by trade and nature, died April 19 after a rapid battle with cancer. She was 76.

Whitworth University welcomed donors and students to their campus on Thursday to celebrate the dedication of its new engineering building.

There’s an old idiom East Valley Superintendent Brian Talbott finds himself repeating as his school district seeks property tax collections to replace two over-50-year-old schools.

With some spare wood from a Career and Technical Education class, a student at University High School made a device that changed a classmate’s life.

As the Salish School of Spokane inches towards realizing a once “pie-in-the-sky” dream, a grant from Avista Utilities is the catalyst for another.

A sea of students sporting navy blue school uniforms cheered as U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon took the stage at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy Tuesday morning.

The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into the University of Washington’s “handling of antisemitism” in response to planned events by a protest group UW says isn’t affiliated with the school.

The Spokane Scholars Foundation celebrated 165 seniors, nominated by their schools for their prowess in one of six academic categories: English, fine arts, math, science, social studies and world languages.  In each category, the winner received a scholarship worth $5,000, second place $4,000, third place $3,000, fourth place $2,000 and fifth place $1,000.

Researching cancer, solving math equations at the snap of a finger, inventing a bionic arm and learning eight languages are just some of the accomplishments Spokane-area seniors were celebrated for on Monday at the annual Spokane Scholars Foundation banquet.

Eyeing a leaky roof, a cracked track, noncompliant cameras and a busted boiler, Nine Mile Falls School District is asking voters to weigh in on a property tax levy.