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SEATTLE, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Randy Dorn, Washington state superintendent of public instruction, along with officials from Microsoft Corp., announced today the formal launch of the statewide OSPI-Microsoft IT Academy program. The Microsoft IT Academy will be available to staff and students in more than 700 public high schools, skills centers and tribal schools across Washington state, making the deployment the largest statewide Microsoft IT Academy Program. (Logo:...

By Linda Shaw, Seattle Times Aug. 3--One candidate says he stands for change. The other stresses the value of her experience. In this race, however, the "change" candidate isn't a fresh, young face like Barack Obama. And the "experience" candidate, unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, already has held the job she seeks for nearly 12 years. But the question of whether it's time for someone new is as central to the race for state superintendent of public instruction as it was in the Democrats'...