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Hechinger Report
The role of Cultivate Learning at the University of Washington in studying and reporting on the success of Seattle’s pilot preschool program over the past three years is noted.
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UW Today
Rigorous studies in science, technology, engineering and math, with industry mentoring for both students and teachers, and maybe even a longer school year — these are key features of a new five-year, $4.1 million grant for the UW’s Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Bellevue's Sammamish High School and several partner organizations. The project is called Reimagining Career and College Readiness: STEM, Rigor, and Equity in a Comprehensive High School, and is being funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation, or i3, program. The UW institute is teaming with the Bellevue School District, the College Board, the Washington STEM Center and other organizations for the work. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
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Capitol Hill Times
Professor Ed Taylor comments on the launch of the Center for High School Success, which will promote educator training and support, policies that support student learning and data-guided school improvement in Washington state.
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The Wenatchee World
Methow Valley Elementary School is moving towards an all natural playground. Brian Patrick, Danforth Danforth educational leadership program graduate and new principal at Methow Valley Elementary, is quoted.
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EdSurge
The EarlyEdU Alliance, a collaboration of early childhood education experts led by the University of Washington College of Education, is helping improve the quality of teaching in the field.
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University Week
The close-knit community that is the UW's Experimental Education Unit is marking its 40th birthday and the end of an era this spring -- its longtime leader Jennifer Annable is leaving after 25 years with the school.
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KING5.com
College of Ed faculty member Tom Halverson weighs in on current debate over lowering GPA requirements for graduating seniors. The district says this is part of a larger plan they are presenting to the school board. Learn more about this controversial topic.
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UW News
Four new books written or edited by UW College of Education faculty and researchers are noted along with a Q&A with Professor James A. Banks.
NYTimes editorial praises the Robinson Center's program for work with seventh and eight graders. The University of Washington has long allowed a select group of seventh and eighth graders, none older than 14, to skip high school entirely and enter a one-year “transition school” in which they live at home to ease the social adjustment while taking courses on campus taught by an experienced faculty. The courses include physics and precalculus along with English, history and ethics. In the following year, transition-school graduates become regular full-time students.
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Brown Center Chalkboard (The Brookings Institution)
Professor Min Sun shares lessons from her research on the impact of federal stimulus money for schools during the Great Recession and how those lessons could help policymakers rebuild and reinvest in the most disadvantaged schools and communities.