By Diane Wright, Seattle Times Mar. 5--The term "black box" connotes the recording device in airplane cockpits.

By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Jan. 2--When it comes to a shared passion for education, Vaughn Sherman and his wife, Jan Lind-Sherman, aren't the retiring types.

By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Nov. 21--Colleagues of fired Cascade High School teacher Kay Powers reacted with anger to her dismissal last week, saying the Everett School District had created a climate of fear and intimidation among staff.

By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Nov. 14--The home-school program in the Edmonds School District lost almost a quarter of its students over the past year in the wake of the district's decision to relocate its alternative high school to the same campus as the home-school program.

By Nick Perry and Emily Heffter, Seattle Times Oct. 20--High school? Who needs it? It turns out that so many high-school students are also taking college classes that it is costing the community-college system nearly $35 million a year.