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Washington State Teachers End Strikes, Enabling Students to Go to School

After three weeks of teacher strikes dotting the state of Washington, students in all districts are back in school. Teachers in the Tacoma and Battle Ground districts returned to school at the beginning of last week after settling contract agreements.




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Teacher Evaluation in Washington, D.C.

Unless students are randomly assigned to teachers, it's unfair to label teachers.




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Washington High Court Upholds Most of State Charter School Law

Charter schools in Washington state can continue to receive public funding, the state's high court ruled last week.




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Washington State Teachers Strike Over Salary Negotiations

Teachers in seven districts are striking for higher pay—and Seattle may be next.




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School Aid Skirmishes Still Flare in Washington State

The state’s supreme court ended a yearslong fight over K-12 funding earlier this summer, but in districts across the state the battles have continued and tensions remain.




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Legislature in Washington State Lifts Local Tax Cap for Schools

Washington lawmakers last week reached a deal to lift the state's "levy lid," blunting tighter limits on voter-approved local taxes for schools that were set to take effect this year. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, was expected to sign the legislation that Republicans had criticized.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Washington

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Washington voters reject affirmative action referendum




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Washington

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Washington State District Closes All Schools for Coronavirus Concerns

All Northshore public schools will be closed beginning Thursday for up to 14 days because of COVID-19 concerns, the district announced Wednesday evening as it transitions to an online-only model.




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Many special ed families still waiting during virus closures




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Trump pushes economy reopening, says virus could kill 100K




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Newly available: Rare Books Collection




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Where are we heading? : the evolution of humans and things / Ian Hodder.

Material culture.




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The philosophy of war films / edited by David LaRocca.

War films -- History and criticism.




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Data cities : how satellites are transforming architecture and design / Davina Jackson.

City planning -- Remote sensing.




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Beastie Boys book / Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz.

Beastie Boys (Musical group)




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Fame : the hijacking of reality / Justine Bateman.

Bateman, Justine.




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Colours of Impressionism : masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay / [curators: Marine Kisiel, Paul Perrin].

Musée d'Orsay -- Exhibitions.




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Reading contagion : the hazards of reading in the age of print / Annika Mann.

English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.




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The birdman's wife / Melissa Ashley.

Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841 -- Fiction.




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Oxford picture dictionary : English/Chinese = Yingwen/Zhongwen / Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Norma Shapiro.

English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.




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Ghosts of the tsunami : death and life in Japan's disaster zone / Richard Lloyd Parry.

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.




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Imagined homelands : British poetry in the colonies / Jason R. Rudy.

Commonwealth poetry (English) -- History and criticism.




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Lingua cosmica : science fiction from around the world / edited by Dale Knickerbocker.

Science fiction -- History and criticism.




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Sudan : 1885 / Michael Tyquin.

New South Wales. Army. Sudan Contingent.




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The diabetes code : prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally / Dr. Jason Fung ; foreword by Nina Teicholz.

Prediabetic state -- Prevention.




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Gestational diabetes : your survival guide to diabetes in pregnancy / Paul Grant.

Diabetes in pregnancy -- Treatment -- Popular works.




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Steve Smith's men : behind Australian cricket's fall / Geoff Lemon.

Smith, Steve.




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Crossing the line : how Australian cricket lost its way / Gideon Haigh.

Cricket -- Australia -- Anecdotes.




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Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.

Fatigue.




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Oliver Sacks : the last interview and other conversations.

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 -- Interviews.




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The family of hummingbirds : the complete prints of John Gould / Joel & Laura Oppenheimer ; foreword by Robert McCracken Peck.

Gould, John, 1804-1881. Monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds.




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All the boats on the ocean : how government subsidies led to global overfishing / Carmel Finley.

Fishery management -- United States -- History -- 20th century.




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The binding / Bridget Collins.

Bookbinders -- Fiction.




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Winx : the authorised biography / Andrew Rule.

Race horses -- Australia -- History.




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The courage to be disliked : how to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness / Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.

Self-actualization (Psychology)




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Rewording the brain : how cryptic crosswords can improve your memory and boost the power and agility of your brain / David Astle.

Memory.




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Teacher : one woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching / Gabbie Stroud.

Stroud, G. J. (Gabrielle J.), 1977-




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Race across the world : the incredible story of the world's greatest road race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon / John Smailes.

London-Sydney Marathon -- History.




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101 marvellous movies you may have missed / David Stratton.

Motion pictures -- Reviews.




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A library miscellany / Claire Cock-Starkey.

Libraries.




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Reclaiming the urban commons : the past, present and future of food growing in Australian towns and cities / edited by Nick Rose and Andrea Gaynor.

Food security -- Australia.




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Why we need religion / Stephen T. Asma.

Emotions -- Religious aspects.




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Self harm : why teens do it and what parents can do to help / Michelle Mitchell.

Parent and teenager.




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Waiting for the last bus : reflections on life and death / Richard Holloway.

Death -- Philosophy.




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Things great and small : collections management policies / John E. Simmons.

Museums -- Collection management -- United States.




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Trigger warnings : political correctness and the rise of the right / Jeff Sparrow.

Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Public opinion.




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The mess we're in : how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it / Bernard Keane.

Democracy -- Australia -- History -- 21st century.




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The darkest web / Eileen Ormsby.

True crime stories.