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Professors Meredith Honig and Soojin Oh Park comment on the challenges faced by school districts in providing remote instruction in an engaging and equitable manner.

Dr. Julie Carpenter is a leading expert on robot-human relationships. She made headlines in early October when she released her groundbreaking new study on the emotional ties between military personnel and military robots. As a result of the study, which revealed that soldiers often name and even fall in love with their robots, and hold funerals for robots that have been destroyed, the public came face-to-face with a reality that had previously only been considered in the realm of science fiction.

"A Sense of the Whole," a new collection of stories by Siamak Vossoughi, the UW College of Education's artist-in-residence, is now available for pre-order from Orison Books.

The College of Education's ongoing partnership with Lakeridge Elementary to transform teaching has contributed to a dramatic turnaround in student achievement at the poverty-impacted school.

Professors Ann Ishimaru and Niral Shah comment on what is needed to disrupt systemic racism in education and create systems that are just for all students and communities.

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on educational equity in light of U.S. Department of Education data showing disparities in children’s access to fully qualified and experienced teachers.

Philip Bell along with project collaborators from Oakland, Irvine, New York, London and Dublin published a new journal article in Science Education called "The trouble with STEAM and why we use it anyway." The piece describes a number of key challenges with efforts to integrate the arts and STEM education, and it highlights some key dimensions of meaninful, transdisciplinary STEAM learning environments. This article is published open access. Bell is a professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development and holds the Shauna C. Larson Chair in Learning Sciences. He is also the executive director of the UW Institute for Science & Math Education.

Professor Ken Zeichner shares his perspectives on teacher education programs in Alberta based on a two-year research study.

Deb Morrison, Research Scientist for the College of Education, is featured in an article by the Financial Times titled “Schools face calls to boost environmental teaching.” In the article, she makes the case for integrating climate change into existing subjects, rather than developing standalone courses, given that timetables are already crowded and the pace of change is fast. She also stresses the importance of training teachers and emphasizing different pedagogical styles, rather than simply distributing materials in the classroom. “Without more thoughtful approaches, we’ll just have more stuff shoved on to teachers’ desks with no support,” Morrison says. “We have a lot of accountability measures for teachers but not much money to support them teaching better.”

Dean Mia Tuan's scholarly and personal background is discussed in a story about a recent reception with community leaders in Seattle.