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Seattle is a vibrant and complex city, and the Seattle Channel's City Inside/Out with Brian Callanan brings you thoughtful, in-depth reports and discussions about important local issues every week.

Brian Callanan is a five-time Emmy winner who currently serves as a host, producer, and moderator for the Seattle Channel, where he's worked since 2011. His career in broadcast journalism began in 1995, and includes an 11-year stint as a reporter and anchor for Q13 News. Brian won the Seattle Municipal League's Civic Award for Government News Reporting in 2016. He lives with his wife and two daughters in West Seattle.

City Inside/Out: Seattle Schools
City Inside/Out: Seattle Schools
12/5/201429:12

The Seattle Public Schools is facing a series of difficult challenges, including multiple leadership changes, a new law to reduce class sizes and pressure to split limited resources with local charter schools. Will more educational funding materialize during the next legislative session to fulfill the McCleary mandate? We get a report card on the state of the school district.

On the show:
Jonathan Knapp, Seattle Education Association President
Larry Nyland, interim Superintendent
Sharon Peaslee, Seattle School Board Vice President
Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D-37th), Majority Caucus Chair
Katherine Schomer, Seattle Council PTSA President
Kay Smith-Blum, former school board president
Evie Taylor-Livingston, First Place Scholars Charter School.

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