…that were supposedly too lenient got labeled as “diploma mills”? The new reverse term is “dropout factories,” and it’s applied to schools that let too many students slip through the proverbial cracks. Federal researchers have applied the label to about 10 percent of U.S. public high schools, including 22 schools in our state (but none in Seattle).

SEATTLE OFFICIALS point with pride today to stats claiming the city’s one of the few in America meeting anti-global-warming goals. Naturally, some local eco-activists say it doesn’t mean all that much really.

THE SAVE-THE-SONICS CROWD won a minor skirmish in court.