Claire Bryan

Grab your coffee or caffeinated beverage of choice, everyone. It’s the time of year when shorter days and earlier sunsets start to settle in, often causing increased tiredness, fatigue and a general sense of sluggishness for many people. By late autumn, m... See more

Starting Monday, no phones will be allowed during the entire school day for all elementary and middle school students. For high schoolers, the policy is less strict — they won’t have phones in class but will be allowed to have phones during passing period... See more

Hundreds of Seattle fourth and fifth graders descended upon the Central Public Library this month to compete in the Global Reading Challenge. For 30 years, Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Public Library have invited students to compete in the annua... See more

The board room at the John Stanford Center was packed Wednesday afternoon with Seattle parents protesting impending budget cuts that they say will harm schools. Seattle Public Schools parents and teachers raised cardboard signs with messages like “Save Ca... See more

A short break? That sounds great, doesn’t it? I could do with a short break, too. For children with disabilities and their families, however, short breaks are not a nice-to-have bonus—they are essential, writes Claire Bryant. Short breaks give children th... See more