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Jessica Thompson describes science education in the age of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), focusing on the best way to mentor teachers and support students.

Professor Charles Peck of the UW College of Education co-wrote this book with Kristen Cuthrell, Desiree H. Pointer Mace, Tine Sloan, and Diana B. Lys. In their book, the authors provide concrete examples of how data can be used by faculty, staff, and program leaders to improve their collective work as teacher educators. This collaborative effort between researchers and practitioners presents lessons learned to assist teacher educators who are engaged daily with the challenges of making data useful and used in their programs. 

Meredith Honig comments on how principal supervisors are the essential anchors for establishing a strong academic connection from the central district office to schools. UW's partnership with Highline Public Schools to hone its leadership approaches is also noted.

Danforth Educational Leadership Program alumnus Simón Iniguez was named as a K12Dive Rising Principal. The Rising Principals include school leaders across the U.S. who have taken a hands-on role in driving student success by establishing mentorship opportunities and systems of support, as well as expanding counseling services and parent knowledge. A member of the Danforth 31 cohort, Iniguez serves as an assistant principal at Evergreen High School in Burien, Wa. A colleague at Evergreen described Iniguez as a "critical architect" of the school's multi-tiered system of supports used to identify and assist struggling students ― a system that has contributed to rising graduation rates and a renewed focus on instruction. 

Professor Meredith Honig comments on best practices for starting up charter schools and the case of Washington's first charter school. 

Noah Zeichner (MIT '04) discusses his Global Leadership class in a story about how Seattle's Chief Sealth International High School is helping students become global citizens.

Ryan Lafferty, 2016 Milken Educator, is a teacher co-designer with the University of Washington's Knowledge in Action project and works with College of Education faculty to create project-based physics courses.

Professor Margaret Plecki is quoted on the importance of raising beginning teacher salaries to recruit a wider pool of quality candidates.

Professor Virginia Berninger comments on her research exploring how cognitive process of reading may be connected to the motor process of forming letters.

Kristie Kaurez, director of the UW's National P-3 Center, discusses the urgency of rethinking the way primary education is organized in the United States during a panel discussion of early education experts.