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Danforth Educational Leadership Program alumnus Simón Iniguez was named as a K12Dive Rising Principal. The Rising Principals include school leaders across the U.S. who have taken a hands-on role in driving student success by establishing mentorship opportunities and systems of support, as well as expanding counseling services and parent knowledge. A member of the Danforth 31 cohort, Iniguez serves as an assistant principal at Evergreen High School in Burien, Wa. A colleague at Evergreen described Iniguez as a "critical architect" of the school's multi-tiered system of supports used to identify and assist struggling students ― a system that has contributed to rising graduation rates and a renewed focus on instruction. 

Professor Meredith Honig comments on best practices for starting up charter schools and the case of Washington's first charter school. 

Noah Zeichner (MIT '04) discusses his Global Leadership class in a story about how Seattle's Chief Sealth International High School is helping students become global citizens.

Ryan Lafferty, 2016 Milken Educator, is a teacher co-designer with the University of Washington's Knowledge in Action project and works with College of Education faculty to create project-based physics courses.

Professor Margaret Plecki is quoted on the importance of raising beginning teacher salaries to recruit a wider pool of quality candidates.

Professor Virginia Berninger comments on her research exploring how cognitive process of reading may be connected to the motor process of forming letters.

 The University of Washington's new Native Education Certificate Program, which prepares teachers to support the success of Native students, is featured as a leading-edge program for educators.

In South Seattle and south King County, the UW College of Education is partnering with schools in the Road Map region to close opportunity achievement gaps in schools — and open all doors for young learners.

Professor Holly Schindler discusses her study of low income dads of color, which is exploring how to strengthen their parenting skills to more actively support their young children.

Research by Virginia Berninger, professor emeritus, examining the impact of hands-on learning in activating regions of the brain involved in thinking, language and working memory is cited.