In the News

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.

Jennifer Hoffman, associate professor of educational foundations, leadership and policy and faculty member in the Center for Leadership in Athletics, was quoted in a Diverse Issues in Higher Education article about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo ― delayed last year due to COVID-19 ― and its connection to the stagnation of diversity in college sports. In addition to representing their country, many Olympic athletes also represent their chosen higher education institution and diversity within collegiate sports has plateaued. Hoffman shares that to create significant change, institutions and athletic boards need to make a conscious effort to hire a "critical mass" of diverse persons in leadership roles like coaching and expand their reach into youth programs to eliminate barriers tied to cost and location prohibitions. For low-income students to make to the collegiate level and beyond, they need access to role models they can relate to as well as good nutrition and training. "The system as it is doesn't support [underserved student-athletes] with the athletic training they need to perform at a high level," Hoffman shares.

The UW Dream Project, co-sponsored by the College of Education and Undergraduate Academic Affairs to improve college access, presents its "Live the Dream" scholarships to area high school students.

Associate professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and director of the Education Policy Analytics Lab (EPAL) Min Sun is featured in an article in Education Week titled “Paraprofessionals: As the ‘Backbones’ of the Classroom, They Get Low Pay, Little Support.” In the article, Min commented that more districts are starting to realize that supporting paraprofessionals can be one pathway toward diversifying the teaching profession and that paraprofessionals as a group are much more likely to be racially diverse than teachers. Min also noted that going through the teacher certification process shouldn’t be the only form of professional growth for paraeducators, and that many are happy where they are.

Professor Nancy Beadie discusses the UW College of Education's approach to helping future teachers understand the contexts in which they'll be working.