In the News

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.

Professor Margaret Plecki comments on a new study that looks at whether increases in school spending lead to better results for students and the state of Washington's spending on education.

Professor Megan Bang comments on Backpacks for Learning, a new partnership involving the College's Institute for Science + Math Education, that will provide opportunities for families to explore computing and robotics by checking out backpacks with projects and activities.

Professor Virginia Berninger discusses her research into handwriting and children's development.

Professor Philip Bell discusses how the UW Institute for Science & Math Education is working with TAF and TAF Academy to create and research curriculum that integrates computing and project-based, interdisciplinary STEM learning.

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

Three UW College of Education alumni—Shalini Miskelly (MIT '16), Nicholas Bradford (MEP '12) and Jordan Taitingfong '(MEd '08)—will be represented at the Ignite Education Lab storytelling event on February 8.

The UW's Seattle Teacher Residency program, which prepares residents to become teachers in the context of, and for, classrooms in Seattle Public Schools, is highlighted for its success in improving teacher retention and diversity.

Ned Porges, who started his doctoral program at UW College of Education in 1979, recently graduated after completing his dissertation on socio-politics of travel as experiential education.

Professor Walter Parker's article “Teaching Against idiocy,” exploring the challenge that democratic societies face in developing public-minded citizens, is referenced.