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KUOW
Seattle Public Schools recently emailed parents to say their kids' standardized test results had changed. Some of the rankings had changed by a lot. So what can parents make of the new scores? KUOW's Ann Dornfeld asks the College's Catherine Taylor to help clear up some of the confusion.
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Cool Cat Teacher
Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11) author of "Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning," talks about Artificial Intelligence and what we should be teaching kids in our classrooms today.
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UWTV
The University of Washington was honored to welcome international rugby superstar Ben Cohen MBE to campus for a conversation about ending homophobia in sports and bullying in schools. Ben is joined by special guests from varying aspects of sports in a panel discussion about the movement to end homophobia in the athletic world. Jennifer Hoffman, alum and faculty member, served on the panel.
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Getting Smart
Teaching Associate Kimberly Mitchell discusses her new book "Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences," which explores five strategies any teacher or parent can use to promise inquiry and curiosity.
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King5
In a morning news conference, the Governor announced that she wants to re-build Washington State's education system from the ground up. Actually, her exact words were, We do not have an education system. What she wants to do is build a new, cohesive education system to replace the disjointed one that is currently in place. Tom Halverson is quoted.
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Consortium for Policy Research in Education
In a new podcast, Professor Julia Duncheon discusses her research exploring how a teacher's background, academic focus and personal experience can influence their definition of "college readiness."
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King5
How can new technology benefit students and teachers? Steve Kerr talks video game activities.
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The Seattle Times
Tom Halverson, director of the UW Master's in Education Policy program, writes about why high schools need to provide students with a variety of unrestricted, intertwined pathways to a multitude of postsecondary and/or career options.
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PBS
Congratulations to Kareen Borders, teacher at Key Peninsula Middle School in Lakebay and L4L student. Kareen won a PBS Teachers' Innovation Award for inspiring students and transforming classroom learning. Learn about her innovative project here!
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NYC Leadership Academy
Professor Meredith Honig has joined the new NYC Leadership Academy Expert Advisory Council and will lend her expertise to the NYC Leadership Academy’s efforts to continuously learn from and improve its work developing school and school system leaders to identify and dismantle inequities.