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The Seattle Times

A $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enable the UW College of Education to recruit and train about five dozen bilingual teachers to work in dual-language programs in South King County, Bellevue and Shoreline.

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The Seattle Times

A UW College of Education research partnership supporting fathers' everyday interactions with children to boost their early development is noted.

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AASA Podcast

AASA’s Dan Domenech talked with Stephen Fink about CEL’s knowledge development project with the Gates Foundation and the resulting tools for central office leaders.

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ParentMap

Professor Holly Schindler discusses her work finding more effective ways to give dads positive feedback on parenting skills that research shows matter for children’s development.

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NCAA Champion

NCAA Champion Magazine features the Intercollegiate Athletic Program, a "unique master's degree program...designed to populate the leadership pipeline in intercollegiate athletics."

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The Spokesman-Review

The gift from the Bezos Family Foundation will support a new professorship in early learning, financial aid to doctoral students and support promising early learning initiatives.

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Education News Colorado

 

State Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, is proposing legislation to overhaul Colorado’s nearly 20-year-old school funding system that will include a “trigger” so it won’t go into effect unless voters are willing to fund it. Marguerite Roza is mentioned. 
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Education Week

Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11) answers questions about her new book "Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning," which brings a teacher-centric lens to big questions around the various definitions of artificial intelligence, how AI is upending the workforce, and how to teach about—and with—artificial intelligence.

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King5
Michelle Zimmerman, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at the Amazing Grace Christian School, participated in Microsoft's Innovative Education Forum.
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KUOW

Teachers-in-training from the Seattle Teacher Residency, one of the University of Washington's teacher preparation programs, visit with members of the Black Prisoners Caucus at the Monroe Correctional Complex.