The current 30-year-old teacher and principal evaluation system is antiquated and must be rebuilt. Our educators need a modern-day roadmap that defines expected high standards and provides professional development opportunities to get there. An improved evaluation system will ensure every child has a high-quality teacher in their classroom.
“Awesome,” “marvelous,” “spectacular,” “wonderful,” “super duper” and “cool” are favorite expressions third-graders at Canyon Creek Elementary used in describing the…
Some major changes are under way at the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, but we’ll continue reporting on the local news our readers…
We’re asking you, our readers, to tell us what you want from your hometown newspaper. And more. The survey will…
Community newspapers are a big deal to residents, according to the National Newspaper Association’s fifth readership survey.
Seventy-eight percent of those asked say they read most or all of their community newspaper, and 55 percent say they found their local news on that paper’s Web site.
There aren’t a lot of legal provisions enacted in 1789 still on the books today. But the ones that are have stood the test of time because they absolutely serve the public interest.
It must have been an interesting evening, to say the least.
At the Kenmore City Council meeting on Monday, City Manager Fred Stouder asked to be released from his contract because of the “continued disruptive behavior” of councilman John Hendrickson.
Stouder was slated to retire at the end of 2010, but in the end agreed to stay for another year.
As I walked through the doors of the Ananda Meditation Temple in Bothell on Monday night, I was transported to another time and place.
It’s easy to escape from the intense work day within the walls of this peaceful place with the blue roof reaching toward the sky.
A couple of disparate things sort of collided to provide the fodder for this column. The collision of these things seems merely coincidental rather than genuinely remarkable, but I needed an introduction and this very paragraph seems to have done the trick.
My friend Annie’s two junior-high-age daughters were truly in the holiday spirit in early December. They are twins, by the way. In her career in public policy, Annie spends considerable car-bound time en route to and from meetings.
It was a weekly ritual — one that we always anticipated at the Los Altos Town Crier.
When Matt Durham bounced into the newsroom with a smile on his face, a stack of photos in his hands and interesting stories to tell about each print, you stopped what you were doing and were set on being entertained. Swivel your chair around toward Durham, laugh up a storm and admire someone discussing the job he loves.
So, how has this year treated you? Are you spending less money going out on the town and more time…
In search of inspiration for this piece, I spent some time looking through old columns written years ago for another paper in another state, basically in a previous life. I came across a Christmas column that, embarrassingly, got slapped with a special disclaimer:
“Perhaps Ebaneezer Scrooge himself paid Corrigan a visit as he penned this piece, which certainly is a departure from the typical warm and fuzzy seasonal column.”
As the music of the 1990s band Sugar blasted through my car speakers the other day, I got to thinking…
State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe and her husband, Jim, have been longtime supporters of public life in Bothell. As chair of…
The Bothell High Cougars worked their football talents to the hilt last Saturday — from start to finish. One of…
After the Recovery Act passed in February 2009, the Small Business Administration (SBA) was able to help about 70,000 small…
The career paths of Sasha Anderson, Jae Choi and Randy Eastwood are certainly unique, but still representative of the 1,369…
At least it’s over. The recent election that is, the election that is the subject of what you’re reading if…
