In the News

Recent research by Professor Holly Schindler showing that focus on early child development in the family can sharply reduce behavior problems in young children is referenced.

Joanna Michelson, project director at the UW Center for Educational Leadership, writes about a partnership that transformed a district’s professional learning capacity to improve literacy instruction.

The Native Education Certificate Program’s first cohort—69 in total—will learn how to better teach Native issues in their schools, as well as better work with Native youth and families in their communities.

Professor Virginia Berninger comments on her research into print and cursive writing and their impact on student learning.

Three UW College of Education alumni—Shalini Miskelly (MIT '16), Nicholas Bradford (MEP '12) and Jordan Taitingfong '(MEd '08)—shared stories about inclusion, using conflict to improve relationships and being a teacher of color at Ignite Education Lab.

LaWonda Smith, a graduate of the UW's Leadership for Learning (EdD) program, will serve as executive director of the Race to the Top Road Map Consortium Project, a $40 million initiative in the Puget Sound.

Professor Megan Bang is working with Seattle Public Schools and the nonprofit Tilth Alliance to build learning gardens at three schools, while also creating a new model for an ecosystems curriculum and providing training for teachers.

A partnership between Seattle Public Schools, UW College of Education researchers and the Teaching Channel is helping teachers change the way they teach science.

The Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation's recent $100,000 gift to create an endowment for student scholarships at the UW College of Education is noted.

First-year education graduate student Alina Aleaga comments on her experience serving as a staff assistant at the Unversity of Washington's Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP).