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Adaurennaya Onyewuenyi is one of just six doctoral students in the country to receive a American Educational Research Association Minority Dissertation Fellowship, which is supporting her research into how and in what ways racial and ethnic identity contribute to the academic performance of Black American and African immigrant high school students.

Déana Scipio (MEd '09, PhD '15) discusses her dedication to broadening STEM participation for learners from non-dominant communities as incoming director of the Graduate Program in Education for Environment and Community, offered in partnership with UW College of Education.

UW researcher Dr. Jerry Catalano is a leader in showing how prevention techniques can pay off in curing social problems.

Professor Gail Joseph, director of the University of Washington’s Cultivate Learning project, discusses a recent report showing black preschoolers and kindergartners in Washington state face higher discipline and expulsion rates.

Over the past several years, many school districts have shifted the role of their central office staff, moving away from jobs focused on compliance and management and more towards a role in helping principals becoming better instructional leaders. But little research exists that shows what central office staff need to do to fulfill that role of "principal coach" effectively. Meredith I. Honig, an associate professor for education and policy studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, delved into that question for a report published in the April 2012 edition of Educational Administration Quarterly.

The Seattle Teacher Residency, a partnership in which the UW College of Education prepares teachers for Seattle Public Schools, is noted as an example of efforts to increase diversity in the teacher workforce.

Dean Stritikus is quoted in support of "emerging tools like new teacher performance assessments that can be used to support deep program improvement in teacher education."

Researchers with the UW-based Family Leadership Design Collaborative outlined a new, solidarity-driven process of partnership between communities of color, educators and researchers toward community-defined well being and educational justice in a recent paper.

Ilene Schwartz, director of the UW's Haring Center for Inclusive Education, comments on the importance of including students with developmental disabilities in general education classroom settings.