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Andy Bao/The Columbian Academic Coordinator Mary Stender, left, and IT systems specialist Aaron Thorne welcome new and returning students to the first day of fall semester at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday afternoon, waving the Cougar flag to passing motorists.

WSUV opens doors on 2017-18 school year

Andy Bao/The Columbian Academic Coordinator Mary Stender, left, and IT systems specialist Aaron Thorne welcome new and returning students to the first day of fall semester at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday afternoon, waving the Cougar flag to passing motorists.

August 21, 2017, 5:03pm Clark County News

Washington State University’s first day of school Monday may have been eclipsed by other cosmic events, but students at the Vancouver campus returned nonetheless for the 2017-2018 school year. Read story

Campaign Trail: School board, port races at LULAC forum

August 18, 2017, 5:59am Clark County News

The Southwest Washington LULAC council will host a candidate forum for Evergreen and Vancouver school boards and Port of Vancouver races. Read story

Corinthian College students, including ones who attended Vancouver’s Everest College, seen here in 2014, could see relief on their private student loans, according to the state attorney general’s office.

For-profit colleges case settled for more than $192M

Corinthian College students, including ones who attended Vancouver’s Everest College, seen here in 2014, could see relief on their private student loans, according to the state attorney general’s office.

August 17, 2017, 5:52pm Business

Aequitas Capital Management will offer about 2,000 Washington students — including some in Vancouver — more than $7 million in debt relief after it participated in predatory lending practices, according to an announcement by the Washington Attorney General’s Office. Read story

New WSU medical school welcomes 1st class

August 16, 2017, 9:25am Latest News

The new Washington State University medical school is welcoming its first class of students. Read story

Shahala teacher earns national math award

August 16, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

Todd Parsons, a math teacher at Shahala Middle School, has received a national award for his work with the Mathematical Association of America American Mathematics Competitions program. Read story

Free back-to-school event planned for Vancouver Public Schools

August 16, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools will host a festival to help families prepare to send their children back to school. Read story

Kindergarten teacher Melissa Bergmann shows Kindergarten Jump Start student Yael Bernat Avila Estrada how to properly hold a crayon during an art project where students learned about the letter “O” at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Vancouver on Monday morning. Through the Vancouver Public Schools Jump Start program, incoming kindergartners get a taste of what their first year of school will be like, including playing with new friends, learning letters and practicing lining up for recess.

Jump Start eases kids into kindergarten

Kindergarten teacher Melissa Bergmann shows Kindergarten Jump Start student Yael Bernat Avila Estrada how to properly hold a crayon during an art project where students learned about the letter “O” at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Vancouver on Monday morning. Through the Vancouver Public Schools Jump Start program, incoming kindergartners get a taste of what their first year of school will be like, including playing with new friends, learning letters and practicing lining up for recess.

August 14, 2017, 7:36pm Clark County News

While most students enjoy a couple of more weeks of summer, the latest cohort of little learners at Vancouver Public Schools campuses are getting to work a little early. Read story

In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to non-profits that rely primarily on businesses to fund them. But the programs are raising questions about transparency and accountability at a time when supporters are urging that it be expanded into a federal program.

DeVos says school vouchers part of tax overhaul discussions

In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to non-profits that rely primarily on businesses to fund them. But the programs are raising questions about transparency and accountability at a time when supporters are urging that it be expanded into a federal program.

August 11, 2017, 12:02pm Nation & World

More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to nonprofits that rely primarily on businesses to fund them. But the programs are raising questions about transparency and accountability at a time when supporters are urging… Read story