This document contains the four issues of Northwest Education published during the 2002-03 school year. Issue themes are: (1) "Closing the Gap: How Northwest Schools Are Raising Minority Achievement"; (2) "Focus on Writing"; (3) "The Hidden Disability: When Bright Children Struggle To Learn"; and (4) "Discoveries in Learning: Lessons from Lewis & Clark." Typically, each issue consists of a lead article that reviews current research or provides an overview of matters related to the theme, followed by articles describing model programs and practices or profiling relevant experiences in schools of the Northwest--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Issues also contain information on related resources, book reviews, letters from readers, and practitioner commentary. (SV)