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The Seattle Times

The UW Center for Leadership in Athletics' recent "State of Play: Seattle-King County" report assessing access and equity in youth physical activity in the region is cited.

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Gottesman Video Collective
The Teachers College Record is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education. It has been published continuously since 1900 by Teachers College, Columbia University. In this episode of “The Voice,” Mark Windschitl and Jessica Thompson from the University of Washington talk about their upcoming article, co-written with Melissa Braaten, on ambitious pedagogy by novice teachers.
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Yes! Magazine

Professor Django Paris, Seattle educator Darozyl Touch (MIT '19) and doctoral student Bontu Aman Mohammed (MEd '18) are featured in an article exploring culturally sustaining pedagogy.

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New York Times

The nation's schoolchildren have made little or no progress in reading proficiency in recent years, according to results released Wednesday from the largest nationwide reading test. Sheila Valencia weighs in.

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The Seattle Times

Two guides, curated by UW College of Education faculty, with educational resources for families impacted by school and child care program closures are included in a roundup of resources amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Daily

In partnership with the UW Colleges of Engineering and Education and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), the state-funded Partnership for Science & Engineering Practices project is aiming to help Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and the Renton School District (RSD) adapt their existing science curriculum to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for grades 3-8. 

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Yahoo! Finance

Professor Janine Jones led a research partnership studying the impact of an app on the learning experiences and moods of chronically stressed children in their learning environment.

New article by Ken Zeichner and César Peña-Sandoval on venture philantropy and teacher education. The authors focus on the role of one of the most influential private groups in the United States that invests in education, the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), in promoting deregulation and market-based policies.

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National Education Policy Center

The research of Gonzalo Guzman (PhD '18) is featured in an article about a once-forgotten landmark legal case that ended the segregation of students of Mexican descent in a small Colorado town.

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ParentMap

Professor Nancy Hertzog describes how to nurture your child's natural gifts and enhance his or her learning potential, while ensuring s/he receives age-apppropriate social and emotional support.