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The gift will expand the UW College of Education's financial support for and recruitment of teacher candidates from diverse backgrounds, including candidates of color and those who are multilingual.

Professors Kenneth Zeichner and John Bransford are cited among the nation's most influential academics informing public discussion of education policy.

Knowledge in Action (KIA), an approach to project-based learning (PBL) pioneered at the UW College of Education by professors emeriti Walter Parker, Sheila Valencia, Susan Nolen and John Bransford, continues to inspire and informed a recent study referenced in an Education Lab op-ed published earlier by The Seattle Times. The op-ed highlights how project-based learning teaches critical thinking, one of the most important skills for students to develop and that is correlated with academic success and increases in empathy. Rather than approaching learning through memorization and top-down deployment of instructions, rigorous PBLs like KIA encourage students to learn through experimentation and observation.

Tricia Lewicki, a UW College of Education graduate who teaches at Seattle's Beacon Hill International School, shares the joys and challenges of being a veteran teacher.

Education Week unveiled the 2022 RHSU (Rick Hess Straight Up) Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Boeing Professor Emeritus of Teacher Education Ken Zeichner, James A. and Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education and Director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice Django Paris and alumna Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings (M.Ed. '72) were included in this year’s rankings, which were chosen by a 33-member selection committee.

Tom Halverson, director of the UW Master's in Education Policy program, comments on how communities can help develop more skilled and educated workforces.

Both local and broader humanitarian goals should be kept in mind when discussing the future of higher education writes Sylvia Bagley, director of UW's teacher leadership program.

The UW College's of Education math education program is noted for its role developing professional development labs that contributed to a remarkable turnaround in student achievement at Renton's Lakeridge Elementary.

Professors Susan Nolen and Sylvia Bagley comment on the benefits of providing timely feedback to students.

Professor Min Sun discusses her recent study of teachers hired across the country, which shows young teachers are more academically prepared but that a racial mismatch persists between them and their students.