In the News

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The Seattle Times

Associate professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy Ann Ishimaru was featured in an article by The Seattle Times titled “How a tumultuous school year for Seattle students sparked a movement to demand change.” In the article, Ann discusses how young people have long organized for change and there has been an upsurge in student activism since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While students have been making their voices heard about COVID safety, they’ve also been a part of (and even started) other national movements in schools.

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The Kathleen Dunn Show

Professor Brinda Jegatheesan discusses how dogs can be of benefit to children in school classrooms and her scholarship on animal-assisted interventions for children of trauma.

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Washington Post

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on teacher preparation provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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AACTE

Kenneth Zeichner and Marisa Bier co-authored the lead chapter in the 2016 AACTE Outstanding Book, Rethinking Field Experiences in Preservice Teacher Preparation: Meeting New Challenges for Accountability.

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Education Week

Column references a partnership between the UW College of Education and teachers in Bellevue School District to create project-based versions of Advanced Placement courses.

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Education Week

A new certificate program of the UW College of Education will aim to better educate and equip teachers, especially non-Native teachers, to work with Native students.

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ParentMap

UW College of Education research scientist Bronwyn Bevan and her work studying how after-school maker programs affect children during the school day, and how such programs can affect life-long learning, are profiled.

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Education Week

University of Washington researchers are helping lead a national effort to bring more coherence to science education, and to draw attention to inequities in schools across the country.

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NASPA

Ismael Fajardo (MEd '12, PhD '15) discusses his interest in studying Latinxs in higher education and his work with the University of Washington's Brotherhood Initiative.

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The Rapides Foundation

The University of Washington’s Center for Educational Leadership developed Aspiring Leaders, a three-year training that is designed to ultimately impact student achievement by preparing instructional leaders.