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Kelly Aramaki, principal at John Stanford International School in Seattle, has won the 2010 Milken Educator Award for Washington. The award includes a $25,000 cash prize.

Terryl Ross (PhD ‘03), assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at the UW College of the Environment, will receive the 2019 UW Multicultural Alumni Partnership Distinguished Alumni Award.

It's all about relationships, Annable said. I try to create an environment where staff want to come to work and kids and families want to be — to build a community. I always have my door open so people can stop by any time, I know the names of every kid and family, and I don't ask anyone to do anything I won't do.

Professor Karin Frey discusses her research on teenagers and interactions that involve strategies of conflict or cooperation.

To assert that it is misguided to pay teachers more for earning a master's degree (the master's bump) can cause quite a dust-up. Deans of graduate programs in education become very upset-and they make their feelings known.

The UW College of Education's podcasts covering subjects ranging from the impact of coronavirus on education, early learning, climate science education and more are noted.

On October 22, 2013, McKnight gathered together a crowd at the James J. Hill Library in downtown St. Paul to discuss PreK-3rd practices, policies, and possibilities. We sought to catalyze a conversation around how to ensure that students and parents experience consistent, high-quality educational experiences from age 3 to grade 3.

Jenée Myers Twitchell (MEd '09, PhD '17) comments on Washington STEM's work to provide more information about who has lost jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is supported by PhD student Lana Huizar, a Community Partner Fellow working with Washington STEM.

Professor Ann Ishimaru discusses local and national efforts to change the ways that schools engage with parents in an interview picked up by NPR's All Things Considered.

More than 70 Oregon administrators will receive leadership training provided by UW's Center for Educational Leadership through the Chalkboard Project initiative.