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Early Childhood & Family Studies Director Gail Joseph speaks with KUOW about the growing recognition of the importance of outdoor play.

Professor David Knight comments on school funding and the impact in a Texas school district that adopted an open enrollment policy.

Marguerite Roza on NPR's Morning Edition, speaking to the topic, 'Billions of Stimulus Money Goes Unspent.'

A class project that resulted in changing a Lynnwood elementary school's single use plastic policy was led by Jennie Warmouth (PhD ‘17), who recently traveled to the Arctic as part of a National Geographic fellowship.

Alum Noah Zeichner, a teacher at Seattle’s Sealth High, was recently named World Educator of the Year by the Seattle branch of the World Affairs Council.

Jordan Taitingfong, a doctoral student and early learning training specialist at UW's Haring Center for Inclusive Education, writes about the intersection of disability and race in early childhood.

The UW College of Education's work helping Lakeridge Elementary create a professional learning community of educators is cited.

Emma Elliott-Groves’ paper titled “Indigenous Relationality is the Heartbeat of Indigenous Existence during COVID-19" was published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Indigenous Social Development, titled Vol 9 No. 3(2020): Indigenous Communities and COVID-10: Impact and Implications.  Elliott-Groves is an assistant professor at the UW College of Education. The oc-authors include: Drs. Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Program Manager, Native Education Certificate Program and Teacher Education Program, College of Ed) and Jessica Ullrich (University of Alaska Anchorage (UW School of Social Work PhD alum). 

The College of Education's Danforth Educational Leadership Program is featured in an article about the important role that principals play in helping create equitable and socially just education institutions.

Chelsea Craig and Anthony Craig, professor of practice in educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Leadership for Learning (L4L) program, co-headlined an episode of the Getting Smart Podcast that focused on Indigenous ways of knowing and leading. Speaking with host Tom Vander Ark, the Craigs shared their respective journeys as leaders, educators and advocates for Indigenous practices and knowledge systems that shape ways of life, relationality and community. Together, they are part of a growing group of leaders who are working to center Indigenous ways of leading and decolonize educational practices.