In the News

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The Seattle Times

Professor Deborah McCutchen discusses how parents can support their child's learning at home during the pandemic.

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Education Week

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on a new effort of education school deans who are banding together with the aim of designing, validating and building support for a coherent set of teacher-preparation experiences.

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PCC Community Markets

Alumna Jennie Warmouth was featured in the May/June 2021 edition of the Sound Consumer, an online and print magazine from PCC Community Markets. The story highlights her leadership working with children to take local action in reducing global plastics. Warmouth's second grade class at Spruce Elementary School in Lynnwood, WA worked on a community design project this year that encouraged students ages 5-17 to create Arctic-inspired works of art ― and idea that came from their conversations about how powerful and convincing images can be when working toward change. Warmouth is a National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher, recipient of a two-year fellowship that sent her on an Artic expedition researching and teaching local students about issues facing that ecosystem. She earned her PhD in 2017 from the UW College of Education.

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The Seattle Times

The College's work with Bellevue schools through its 3DL Partnership: Innovations in Three-Dimensional Learning to implement a social-emotional learning curriculum is cited.

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The Seattle Times

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Professor of Education Foundations, Leadership and Policy Ed Taylor published a piece for the Seattle Times titled MLK said it best: ‘Love is the greatest force in the universe’. In the piece, Ed celebrates the fierce love of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and honors his uncle Benedict and his sister Mary, two people who, as King did, chose love.

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UW360

Dean Mia Tuan discusses the College's work to unleash the potential of all students, its partnerships with local schools and more.

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ParentMap

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor weighs in on what parents can do to help introduce their children to new digital technologies.

 

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BustED Pencils

Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, talks about the ramifications of the Every Student Succeeds Act and offers advice on how to maintain high standards for teacher education.

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The Hechinger Report

An in-depth report on the Seattle Teacher Residency, which is well-regarded for preparing outstanding teachers to work in poverty-impacted schools in Seattle.

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The Washington Post

Professor Virginia Berninger discusses her research showing that children write faster and express more ideas when they use handwriting.