In the News

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The Daily

Professor Ann Ishimaru, recently honored by the American Educational Research Association for her exemplary contributions to practice-engaged research, is profiled.

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The Seattle Times

Boris Krichevsky, a doctoral candidate and teacher educator at UW College of Education, discusses the place of controversial statues in the United States.

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New America

Professor Gail Joseph discusses the policy and practice changes needed to make high-quality online bachelor’s degrees in early childhood education or a related major accessible to all lead pre-K teachers across the United States.

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Post-Record

A UW College of Education study exploring teacher retention and mobility in Washington state is referenced.

 

 

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Martinez Foundation

On June 15th, Holli and Edgar Martinez were honored at the University of Washington College of Education’s graduation ceremony as winners of its Distinguished Service Award.

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ParentMap

Professor Holly Schindler's research is finding better ways to support dads in strengthening their parenting skills.

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Seattle Times

Seven school districts in King County, which banded together three years ago to raise the number of students who graduate from college, have won a four-year, $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help them achieve that goal. The UW Dream Project, which serves all seven school districts by partnering nearly 600 undergraduate mentors with 1,800 high school students at 16 schools, was named as one of the community partners that will receive funding from the grant over the next four years.

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Idaho Statesman

The Bezos Family Foundation has gifted the University of Washington with $3 million to endow a new professorship for early learning research.

Seattle Times editorial: Seattle School Board members should vote no on a motion to end a partnership with Teach for America. Teachers trained by the national innovative teaching corps have perform well enough in classrooms to justify continuing, even expanding, their presence here.  The efforts of Dean Tom Stritikus are noted.

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UW News

The College of Education is one of the initial funders of Othello-UW Commons, a multifunctional partnership space in the heart of Southeast Seattle’s Othello neighborhood that will be used for community-informed teaching, learning, service and research.