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KUOW
The Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership Center's Dr. Jennifer Hoffman joined KUOW Weekday to discuss how (and if) women are changing the face of professional sports. Listen here as Dr. Hoffman discusses with host Steve Scher how the professional sports sector has changed for women as a career and the trends for women working in professional sports today.
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Crosscut
Shelby Parsons (MEP '18) argues that Seattle can use funds more efficiently to allow the city to serve more preschoolers who will benefit the most.
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UW Today
Higher education, a jewel of American society and an engine of its economy, is under threat, and if the nation is to remain competitive the financial model must be overhauled, says a new book.
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Language Magazine
Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11) explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can facilitate communication and storytelling, and, thus, learning.
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Columns Magazine
Parental and educational practices aimed at enhancing girls’ self-concepts for math might be beneficial as early as elementary school, when youngsters are beginning to develop ideas about who does math. Elham Kazemi is quoted.
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The Seattle Times
Stephan Blanford (EdD '11), a former Seattle Public Schools board member and equity consultant, writes about the need for a new science curriculum in Seattle Public Schools as the district underperforms neighboring districts.
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AASA
The American Association of School Administrators strives to bring exemplary speakers to the National Conference on Education to discuss critical issues that affect students, leaders, communities and school systems. In Thought Leader sessions, speakers will evaluate how global, national and state issues will affect your schools and communities. Meredith Honig is honored with the Thought Leader title at the 2011 conference along with other leaders in the field.
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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.