In the News

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KCTS
KCTS offers a first look at the new Gates Foundation Campus, and profiles some of the work the Foundation is doing to fight homelessness and improve education in Washington state. Gail Joseph, Co-Director of the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, is interviewed.
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NAESP Principal Magazine

The UW Center for Educational Leadership’s Renee Gallagher discusses how a shift in beliefs among teachers, instructional coaches and principals is key to advancing access and equity in math instruction.

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Seattle PI
A group of psychologists at the University of Washington studied the way kids interact and came to this conclusion: Kids are big-time gossips.
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Phys.org

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor discusses how to use student data to productively inform both classroom instruction and schoolwide improvement.

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UW Graduate School
Congrats to Cameron McGregor, elementary ed student, on his Fullbright Scholarship! Cameron will will travel to the city of Elista in Southern Russia, north of Georgia, to teach American studies and culture to students between 10 and 14 years old, as well as university students.
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UW News

The work of the College of Education's Cultivate Learning to support Washington's early learning and care providers is cited in the UW's recently released Economic Impact Report (page 9).

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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.