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Hechinger Report
The role of Cultivate Learning at the University of Washington in studying and reporting on the success of Seattle’s pilot preschool program over the past three years is noted.
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UW Today
Rigorous studies in science, technology, engineering and math, with industry mentoring for both students and teachers, and maybe even a longer school year — these are key features of a new five-year, $4.1 million grant for the UW’s Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Bellevue's Sammamish High School and several partner organizations. The project is called Reimagining Career and College Readiness: STEM, Rigor, and Equity in a Comprehensive High School, and is being funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation, or i3, program. The UW institute is teaming with the Bellevue School District, the College Board, the Washington STEM Center and other organizations for the work. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
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Capitol Hill Times
Professor Ed Taylor comments on the launch of the Center for High School Success, which will promote educator training and support, policies that support student learning and data-guided school improvement in Washington state.
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The Wenatchee World
Methow Valley Elementary School is moving towards an all natural playground. Brian Patrick, Danforth Danforth educational leadership program graduate and new principal at Methow Valley Elementary, is quoted.
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EdSurge
The EarlyEdU Alliance, a collaboration of early childhood education experts led by the University of Washington College of Education, is helping improve the quality of teaching in the field.
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Seattle Times
Mark Mitsui, a College of Ed MA alum and current student in the Higher Ed Program, has been named the next president of North Seattle Community College effective July 1.
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Connected Science Learning
Professor Philip Bell is co-author of an article highlighting a collaboration between the University of Washington, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Public Libraries and Native American-serving organizations engaging nondominant families engage in culturally resurgent and intergenerational STEAM programming.
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Seattle Times
Alum Richelle Mead publishes the fourth installment in her Vampire Academy teen/young adult series.
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Chalkbeat
Professor David Knight, whose research has explored the impact of the Great Recession on school funding, comments on the importance of maintaining equity as districts and states contend with a potential loss of revenue.
Advanced Placement, or A.P., is quickly becoming the accepted standard for college-level coursework in U.S. high schools. The Seattle Time’s Education Lab’s most recent story examines how a new form of A.P. instruction used at Sammamish High School in Bellevue and Garfield High School in Seattle is attempting to address these concerns. College of Education researchers are featured in this multimedia presentation.