Editing Cheney, Washington (section)

==Education==
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===Cheney School District===
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The primary and secondary public schools in the City of Cheney are run by [[Cheney School District]]. Cheney public schools spend $5,688 per student in annual education costs. The average annual school expenditure in the United States is $6,058 per student. The student-teacher ratio in Cheney public schools is approximately 25-35 students per teacher. The district operates seven schools and a partnership program that supports K-8 homeschool students.

===Eastern Washington University===
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Founded in 1882, as the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy, it opened its doors to more than 200 enrolling students.

The academy became the [[Eastern Washington University|Washington State Normal School at Cheney]] in 1889, the same year in which Washington was given its statehood. By the time it became Eastern Washington College of Education in 1937, Eastern was already a fully accredited four-year, degree-granting institution, offering majors in numerous subjects. The campus grew rapidly in size and program offerings in the decades following World War II. In 1961, the name was again changed, this time to Eastern Washington State College. It was increasingly evident that the region needed professionals in many fields; in response, Eastern added a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Finally, in 1977, the state legislature changed the school's name to Eastern Washington University.

Eastern Washington University is now a regional, comprehensive public university, with programs also offered in [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]], [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], [[Kent, Washington|Kent]], [[Seattle]], [[Shoreline, Washington|Shoreline]], [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]], and [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]].

===Libraries===
Cheney is served by two libraries:

* '''Cheney Library''' is a public library that is a branch of the Spokane County Library District, which is a regional network of 10 libraries with a permanent collection of over 400,000 items, and a staff of 164 employees.
* '''John F. Kennedy Library''' at [[Eastern Washington University]] is a collegiate research-level library with a staff of 42 employees. It supports the academic and research needs of a major regional university that has undergraduate and graduate students along with research and teaching faculty and the surrounding communities.