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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue. (AP Photo/Ted S.

DeVos approves state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 17, 2018, 9:06am Northwest

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Washington’s plan for how it will meet the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal K-12 education law that takes effect this fall. Read story

The empty lot south of the Vancouver Community Library was originally to be a parking garage as part of the Library Square development. New plans indicate the space will be a school.

Vancouver district plans to build elementary school next to library

The empty lot south of the Vancouver Community Library was originally to be a parking garage as part of the Library Square development. New plans indicate the space will be a school.

January 16, 2018, 9:50am Clark County News

An elementary school is the latest announced addition to downtown Vancouver’s growing skyline. Read story

Eighth-graders at Laurin Middle School work together on design plans for their new middle school Friday during their hands-on science elective class led by Joan Smith. Students are split into different teams to design an imagined version of the Brush Prairie school.

Students have designs on planning new school

Eighth-graders at Laurin Middle School work together on design plans for their new middle school Friday during their hands-on science elective class led by Joan Smith. Students are split into different teams to design an imagined version of the Brush Prairie school.

January 15, 2018, 6:18pm Clark County News

As Anna Tran and Olivia Dompier have discovered, there’s more to building a classroom than slapping a couple desks in a room and calling it good. Read story

Tristan Todd, 18, left, talks to substitute teacher Carolyn Rose during his senior English class at Hudson’s Bay High School in December. Rose has been substitute teaching in Vancouver since 2001.

Time in classroom inspires murder (series) for Vancouver teacher, author

Tristan Todd, 18, left, talks to substitute teacher Carolyn Rose during his senior English class at Hudson’s Bay High School in December. Rose has been substitute teaching in Vancouver since 2001.

January 14, 2018, 6:05am Clark County Life

A cold human resources director nicknamed Big Chill. Read story

King’s Way Christian Schools first-graders Meah Carlson, left, and Cali Creagan, right, pack bags full of popcorn to sell Thursday during the marketplace section of the school’s new yearlong MicroSociety project. The curriculum puts students in charge of running a country over the course of the year.

King’s Way curriculum challenges students to build society from scratch

King’s Way Christian Schools first-graders Meah Carlson, left, and Cali Creagan, right, pack bags full of popcorn to sell Thursday during the marketplace section of the school’s new yearlong MicroSociety project. The curriculum puts students in charge of running a country over the course of the year.

January 13, 2018, 6:04am Clark County News

‘MicroSociety’ puts students in charge of running a country Read story

A colonial chorus line: Heritage High School junior Dakota Adams, left, senior Jordyn Fields, and sophomore Connor Randall step-kick their way to American independence in the musical “1776.” Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian

Hilarious history at Heritage High

A colonial chorus line: Heritage High School junior Dakota Adams, left, senior Jordyn Fields, and sophomore Connor Randall step-kick their way to American independence in the musical “1776.” Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian

January 12, 2018, 6:05am Clark County Life

One morning a few months ago, the whole Vancouver-Portland metropolitan area came to a halt as everyone piled into internet ticket queues to score seats for the traveling version of the Broadway show “Hamilton” — an ambitious American history lesson masquerading as musical theater. Read story

Ava Hanna of Battle Ground, 11, left, and Grace Maruhn of Vancouver, 11, search for music on a site called EarSketch during their second Girls Who Code session at the Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday evening. Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in technology, and getting more young woman involved in computer science.

Girls Who Code teaches that computer skills aren’t just for boys

Ava Hanna of Battle Ground, 11, left, and Grace Maruhn of Vancouver, 11, search for music on a site called EarSketch during their second Girls Who Code session at the Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday evening. Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in technology, and getting more young woman involved in computer science.

January 11, 2018, 7:41pm Clark County News

It’s evening at the Vancouver Community Library, and one wall of the computer classroom is laden with sticky notes. Read story

OSPI plan would add money for schools

January 11, 2018, 7:32pm Clark County News

In response to continued concerns about last year’s school funding model fix, the state education department has offered a plan it expects would inject an additional $2.75 billion into state schools in 2019. Read story