Expanding possibilities: Research into dance and the mind

Oct 15 2018

When Matthew Henley '13 came across an educational psychology course at the University of Washington, his response was, “That sounds interesting. I like teaching and I’ve been taking classes in psychology, but I didn’t know these things were combined as an academic discipline.”

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Alumni News, Equity, Research

How a community reclaimed its Southeast Seattle high school

Oct 10 2018

A decade ago, it appeared the final bell would ring for Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School.

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Community Partnerships, Equity, General News, Research

Seattle preschool evaluation shows steady improvement in children’s learning and development

Oct 9 2018

Three years into the pilot of Seattle’s subsidized preschool program, program quality is steadily improving and participating children are showing strong gains in learning and development according to recently released study co-led by University of Washington researchers.

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Early Learning, Equity, General News, Research

Making great teaching visible

Oct 4 2018

Experience in the classroom is crucial to pre-service teachers’ development and successful entry into the profession. Yet these clinical experiences can be stressful for novice teachers—and their mentors—as they observe, engage in and make sense of teaching while also ensuring their students stay on track academically.

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Faculty News, Research, Teacher Preparation, Teaching Quality

Facebook Live: Families and communities leading educational justice

Oct 2 2018

School and community partners who joined University of Washington College of Education researchers in a long-term effort to lead equity-focused change in a Seattle high school discussed their work and its lessons during an Oct. 11 Facebook Live chat.

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Community Partnerships, Equity, General News, Research

Spanish immersion teacher named Global Learning Fellow for Washington state

Oct 1 2018

She started the application from Vietnam with only a week before the deadline. She had an outline and just needed to put all the pieces together. Then she hit a roadblock.

How did she exemplify one or more habits of a globally competent individual? How did she, as a teacher, foster global citizenship in a classroom environment?

Jennifer Macias Morris (MIT ‘15) knew she had what the NEA Foundation was looking for in selecting its Global Learning Fellows—she just needed to figure out how to explain it.

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Alumni News, Multicultural Education, Teacher Preparation

New faculty Q&A: Chun Wang

Sep 25 2018

From an early age, standardized tests loomed large for Chun Wang. In China, how Wang and her classmates performed on high-stakes tests would determine not only which university they could go to, but what they’d study.

Today, the new University of Washington College of Education faculty member is working to create more reliable and fair tests.

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Centering educational justice

Sep 21 2018

In the 2018-19 edition of Research That Matters magazine, the University of Washington College of Education explores the promise and possibilities of advancing educational justice, from early childhood through higher education. Stories in the new issue, available online, investigate the changes in how our students learn, how we teach and how we prepare educators to drive this work forward.

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Community Partnerships, Equity, General News, Research

Endowment to drive early learning innovation created by Bezos Family Foundation

Sep 20 2018

A new endowed fund and professorship created by the Bezos Family Foundation will focus on improving outcomes for early learners and bolster the University of Washington College of Education’s ongoing work to advance early childhood research and practice in Washington state and beyond.

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Early Learning, Equity, General News, Research

No more timeouts: The need for Positive Behavior Support in early learning

Sep 12 2018

For providers and educators, challenging behavior in children isn’t just a reality, it’s an inevitability. In August, the University of Washington’s Cultivate Learning and Haring Center for Inclusive Education joined local early intervention program Kindering in addressing the issue by gathering early learning providers for an institute on “Equity Focused Positive Behavior Support.”

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Early Learning, Equity, General News, Social-Emotional Learning