Tagged: middle schools

1:10pm

Tue January 3, 2012
Education

Dogs, once-homeless kids share a love of reading (and each other)

Kids and dogs enjoy books (and each other) at the Brettler Family Place, a housing center in Seattle’s Sand Point neighborhood.
Charla Bear / KPLU

Some of Seattle’s most at-risk students are getting help with their reading skills, but not from people.

Once a week, service dogs lend their ears to formerly homeless children as they read aloud. It’s become a learning experience for both the kids and canines.

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6:05pm

Thu November 11, 2010
K-12 Education

High school credit for Seattle's middle school students

Starting this year, middle school students in Seattle could finally get some credit on their high school transcripts, that is.  Seventh and eighth graders who take high school level courses can now apply them towards graduation.  The policy has pluses and minuses for young kids.

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