Politics Seattle school closure plan, due Tuesday, still doesn't add up Montlake Elementary School. by Dick Lilly / January 4, 2009
Politics School closures: let's get more cards on the table Montlake Elementary School. by Dick Lilly / December 18, 2008
Politics Closing schools: blaming the victims Montlake Elementary School. by Dick Lilly / December 10, 2008
Politics Our schools get a poor national report card A classroom in the Laotian school in Ban Na Muang. by Dick Lilly / May 20, 2009
Let docs be docs When doctors own their own clinics, they tend to prescribe lots more costly tests. So don't let them own and invest in those services. by Dick Lilly / June 14, 2009
Politics Seattle neighborhoods need more, not fewer, schools Townhouses in a Seattle neighborhood. by Dick Lilly / December 5, 2008
Careful which schools you close If it's in a neighborhood with lots of renters, many of those families and schoolchildren will quickly leave. by Dick Lilly / December 3, 2008
Seattle Schools' budget: a glum bottom line Even with some courageous cuts by the superintendent, she still has another $10 million in cuts to find. by Dick Lilly / December 2, 2008
Politics Why empty seats are a good thing for Seattle Schools Classrooms need to mix it up by Dick Lilly / November 30, 2008
Politics Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy Franklin High School, 1917. (Seattle Municipal Archives) by Dick Lilly / November 26, 2008