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Professor Kristie Kauerz will speak at the National Press Club on Oct. 16 for the release of a new guide that will support principals in creating school conditions that support early learners’ needs.

Due to the pandemic, school districts have been forced to find new creative ways to engage families who have been left out of decision making.  Jessica Rigby, assistant professor at the College of Education and her team interviewed 13 leaders from 7 Puget Sound school districts to hear about solutions that were productive, anti-racist and high quality.  The Seattle Times interviewed Rigby and others about this trend in the way school districts work.

College-going rates for low-income and first-generation high school students in Seattle area schools are rising thanks to the efforts of the UW Dream Project, which is partnering with the College of Education to improve college access.

Faculty members David Knight and Meredith Honig were quoted in an article recently published in The Seattle Times about how schools have responded to Gov. Inslee's school reopening order. While nearly all school districts in Washington state have complied with Gov. Inslee's order to reopen schools, some students are getting much more in-person time than others. Knight, an assistant professor of education finance and policy, commented on the variety in schedules and responses to Inslee's order and highlighted that the imbalance is concerning. Honig, director of the District Leadership Design Lab and professor of education policy, organizations and leadership, emphasized the need for data that includes race and class when studying in-personal learning as well as measures that can speak to the quality of the time spent in the classroom.

College of Education professor Virginia Berninger comments on her recent study that found children who wrote cursive performed better on spelling and composing tasks.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Athletics was featured on the podcast State of Sport Management to discuss the current Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) trends and its legal, legislative and economic aspects. Dr. Hoffman also discusses the NCAA and how to understand the future of the association during this time of upheaval in the systems and structures of college sports, legislative involvement and the future of NIL.

Taylor Williams '13, a teacher at Excel Public Charter School, discusses the value of public charter schools in response to a recent Washington state court ruling.

Alan Moore discusses findings of a survey on Washington's teacher shortage that was analyzed by a team from the UW Master's in Educational Policy program.

June Rimmer, associate director at UW's Center for Educational Leadership, highlights the role of the principal in closing achievement gaps, describes the work of an equity-centered instructional leader, and explains how to build the capacity and expertise of principals so every student experiences excellence in their learning.

Master's in education policy student Katie McCarthy is leading the establishment of a campus food pantry to help members of the University of Washington community who are food insecure.