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U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Washington College of Education No. 5 among the nation’s best public education schools — and No. 13 among education schools overall — in its annual graduate school rankings, released March 30.

Reflecting on the College’s top rankings, Dean Mia Tuan noted that the College’s commitment to equity is what truly makes it a leader among its peers.

Associate professor Min Sun, assistant professor David Knight, and emeritus professor Margaret Plecki from the UW College of Education and assistant professor Christopher Candelaria from Vanderbilt University received a grant to study the impact of McCleary school financial reforms on disparities in education and the mechanisms through which SFRs reduce inequality. McCleary school finance reforms are the result of a Washington State Supreme Court ruling that substantially increased funding for K-12 basic education in the state. 

Haring Center Research Scientist, Dr. Katherine Bateman (PhD ‘17), has received a grant from the Rubenstein Foundation to continue her efforts towards increasing access to behavior supports for families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) using the Project ECHO model.

If you’re the parent of a young child, you’re probably no stranger to mealtime battles over trying new foods. Many parents use bargaining, bribery, and threats and still find that they can’t get their child to eat a wide array of healthy foods, which isn’t good for the child’s nutrition or parent stress levels. That’s why finding a different way to tackle picky eating is so important.