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Walla Walla schools this week announced they've begun the EES, or Educational Effectiveness Survey. It's to determine if their performance and direction are meeting students' needs.

Perhaps learning from some of the issues seen in Pasco over the last year, Kennewick teachers have reached a new contract with the District.

Following the ruling, social media and news outlets showed chants and speeches by angry teachers outside the courthouse.

Teachers and the Prosser School District had agreed to open school, and delay a potential strike until September 8th in an effort to give more time to reach a contract. But now, talks have broken off, and the District has requested mediation.

First, if you need to know if school will be in session Thursday or onward due to the teacher's strike, the number to call (after 7pm) is 509-416-7874. Negotiations continue with hopes of ending the strike.

Pasco isn't the only school district facing potential delays in the start of school.

If an agreement is not reached in their contract dispute with the Pasco School District by September 1st, Pasco teachers Wednesday night approved a strike vote by a margin of 77%.

It's often been said that politicians spend money like a drunken sailor. Now, it appears the Washington Education Association wants to do the same, and it's YOUR money.

At street corners and along various roads in Richland, Pasco and Kennewick, red-shirted teachers and educators waved signs and marched to protest against what they say is a lack of funding in education by the state legislature. (Photo courtesy of KNDU-TV)