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University Week
Congratulations to TEP student Anna Kramer and Education, Learning, and Society Minor student Brittany Lichtyon theirr Bonderman fellowships. In order to become the best science teacher she can be, Anna will travel to the countries where most of her students have roots: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Western and American Samoa, the Philippines and Indonesia. As she says, As I travel, I will explore the nature of the communities' relationships with the ecosystems in which they live, as well as strive to better understand how the unique biological communities and natural resources in each place shape the daily lives of the people living there, she said. Brittany plans to travel to countries with large groups of dispersed peoples due to conflict, including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam then to Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and finally to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. The purpose of my journey is to expand global education and encourage cultural tolerance and understanding. Upon her return to the United States, she wants to expand study abroad programs for community colleges. Congrats Brittany!
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The Seattle Times
Professor Min Sun discusses her study looking at the impact of a federal program intended to revive the nation’s underperforming schools. Preliminary results indicate student achievement improved and graduation rates increased at schools that received funding.
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Inside Higher Ed
Joy Williamson-Lott is quoted in Inside Higher Ed, speaking about a proposed merger of Mississippi's three historically black universities.
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UW Population Health Initiative
Research Associate Julie McCleery, author of the "State of Play: Seattle-King County" report, has received a population health pilot research grant for a project supporting equitable access to physical activity for children in King County.
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Seattle Times
Anne Reece, principal of White Center Heights Elementary in the Highline School District, has overseen a striking and rapid increase in test scores at the high-poverty school. Her approach to group-based learning is the subject of a Seattle Times story by reporter Claudia Rowe. Reece is a College of Education alum and was mentored by Dr. Sheila Valencia.
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The Seattle Times
Professor William Zumeta comments on Washington state’s education budget and the possibility of cuts in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Seattle Times
Professor Jessica Thompson discusses the College of Education's efforts to develop systems that help spread knowledge of ambitious teaching and learning in math, science and other disciplines in a guest column.
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Los Angeles Times
The groundbreaking analysis of the culture of schools and the reasons for their failures done by the late UW College of Education professor is noted in an obituary.
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University of Washington Graduate School
Juan Zavaleta Berdeja had a question that drove him to graduate school. In answering it, he hopes to effect educational change for students.
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KCET
An article by UW College of Education doctoral student Christine Tran discusses connections between school gardens, learning and educational equity while offering suggestions for fostering support for school gardens.