Seattle teachers OK 3-year contract AP: Seattle's teachers have approved a new three-year contract, which means classes will begin as scheduled Sept. 8...
State steps in as anger rises over convicted teacher Seattle PI: A controversial teacher was a no-show again Tuesday at Morton Junior High School as parents continued to pull their children out his classroom.
Also: Just a week ago on the "Month In Review, Jay Mathews was lamenting the lack of mainstream attention had been given to the LA Times' value-added series (outside the LA Times' own coverage, that is). A Nick Anderson story in the Washington Post and a brief segment on NPR was about it. But 
