In the News

Professor Ann Ishimaru comments on the need to ensure decisions about whether to re-open schools include input from vulnerable families whose voices have historically been ignored.

Missing just a few days of class in sixth grade can predict whether you’ll graduate from high school. That research powers a national anti-dropout effort that’s making a difference at Seattle’s Aki Kurose and Denny International middle schools. Aki Kurose Principal and Danforth alum Mia Williams is mentioned along with Early Childhood & Family Studies graduate Margo Kelly, now working with City Year in Seattle.

Faculty members Teddi Beam-Conroy, Maggie Beneke and Manka Varghese and alumnus Caryn Park (PhD '10) share advice for parents to help move past the idea that young children are unaware of racial differences and too innocent to be confronted with the realities of inequality and structural racism.

Research by faculty members Virginia Berninger and Patricia Kuhl exploring how children’s brains develop for literacy is highlighted in an Education Lab feature story.

In an op-ed, Professor David Knight comments on five problematic school finance myths that must be addressed as looming state budget shortfalls could lead to funding cuts for public education.

Professor Walter Parker discusses his work at the UW College of Education to design project-based AP courses as a means of boosting the academic success of minority students.

The University of Washington's 3DL Partnership, a joint effort between the College of Education and the School of Social Work, and its work with Bellevue School District to implement a social-emotional learning program is highlighted.

The Seattle Times published an article titled “WA House bill would expand outdoor education statewide” and featured  Islandwood Graduate Program in Education and Community students Marina Hydeman, Keaton Aldrich and Grace Sunitsch. Islandwood, an outdoor camp on Bainbridge Island, has demonstrated how outdoor education should be a must-have, rather than a nice-to-have for school districts across the state. Congratulations to our students, as well as faculty and staff involved with the program: Professor of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Mark Windschitl and Associate Professor of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Jessica Thompson, and Islandwood Director of Graduate and Higher Education Programming Déana Scipio (Ph.D. in Learning Sciences, ’15).

The Seattle Teacher Residency, co-sponsored by UW College of Education, is noted along with a new paper by Professor Ken Zeichner on the quality of teacher preparation in the U.S.

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor discusses how young people can provide input to help urban planners make cities easier to move around during a recent Transit Talk.