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Seattle's Child
Professor Gail Joseph comments on steady improvements that have been observed in outcomes for early learners participating in the Seattle Preschool Program.
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Seattle Times
It's been a rocky first year for the Puget Sound branch of Teach for America, but principals say the first TFA teachers are performing well. The efforts of Dean Tom Stritikus are noted.
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KCET
Doctoral student Christine Tran is author of an article exploring the tradition of making bánh chưng and how it's being continued in the Vietnamese community.
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National Environmental Education Foundation
John Schmied, alumnus of the first cohort of teacher education program students, is the 2011 winner of the Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award. Schmied is currently a seventh grade science teacher at Skyview. This award goes to an outstanding middle school teacher (grades 5-8) who successfully integrates environmental education into the curriculum and engages students in interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
The College of Education is a partner in the recently-opened Othello-UW Commons, highlighted in a story about new ways that universities are partnering with their communities.
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UW Today
When the students at Amazing Grace Christian School in Renton are asked to face the music, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being called on the carpet, unless, of course, you mean cutting a rug. Dance is an integral part of the K-8 school, thanks to a UW graduate student who’s been teaching there. College of Education alum, Michelle Zimmerman, first introduced dance into the school’s curriculum when she was only 16 and a volunteer there.
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UW News
Robert Abbott, emeritus professor of education, is co-author of a new study showing that people who reported better health and socioeconomic status were those whose parents and teachers had received lessons aimed at building stronger bonds with their children decades ago.
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Wall Street Journal
Research highlights the hand's unique relationship with the brain when it comes to composing thoughts and ideas. Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding involves selecting a whole letter by touching a key.
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KUOW
Professor Min Sun comments on the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and whether they can be connected to any policy changes.
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Seattle Times
Michelle Zimmerman is a Ph.D. student in PhD student in Human Development and Cognition and her advisor is Nathalie Gherke.