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The Columbian
Many middle-school students fear science and math as much as cooties and wedgies. Neither subject is ranked on their cool-things-at-school list. And later, in high school, those preconceived notions improperly guide their course selections and career choices. However, those stereotypes are fading, thanks in part to Washington STEM, a nonprofit that is celebrating its first anniversary this week. Andrew Shouse is quoted.
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Principal Center Radio
Anneke Markholt and Joanna Michelson of the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership are interviewed about their new book "Leading for Professional Learning: What Successful Principals Do To Support Teaching Practice."
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UW Today
In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, nearly 40 percent of young adults who said they had tried suicide said that they made their first attempt before entering high school.
“Young adults who end up having chronic mental health problems show their struggles early,” said James Mazza, lead author and professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington College of Education. “This study suggests that implementation of mental health programs may need to start in elementary and middle schools, and that youth in these grades are fairly good reporters of their own mental health.”
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The Daily Times
Professor Katie Headrick Taylor is leading a project in which Tennessee high school students are uploading Alcoa and Maryville history into a mobile app.
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Center on Human Development and Disability
A new Center on Quality Teaching and Learning that will be headquartered at the University of Washington is designed to improve teaching practices in Head Start programs. Susan Sandall, Ph.D., an associate professor of special education, whose research focuses on developing effective teaching practices for young children with disabilities and how to prepare teachers and other Head Start personnel to work with those youngsters, is the co-director of this new center.
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Ed Prep Matters
The UW College of Education is one of 15 of the nation’s leading teacher and principal preparation programs to be founding partners in the Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab).
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Education Week
When district leaders must cut their budgets, they look first to their central office, but Michael A. Copland and Meredith I. Honig advise against following that instinct.
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NGSNavigators
Professor Jessica Thompson is the featured guest on a podcast discussing the value of collaboration with science teaching colleagues specifically by forming Professional Learning Communities.
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KUOW
Some recent studies show that kids who are involved in the arts do better in school. Carmela Dellino, College alum and principal of Roxhill Elementary School, talks about the importance of arts at Roxhill.
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The Conversation
Professor David Knight writes about proposals by Democratic presidential candidates to spend more federal dollars on public education programs and the potential to reduce funding inequities in public schools.