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Seattle Times

Washington politicians have abdicated their leadership role in higher education, leaving the state with a disjointed system that doesn't produce enough bachelor's degrees and forces employers to go out of state — and even out of the country — to find skilled workers. Bill Zumeta, one of the co-authors of the forthcoming book, "Financing Higher Education," is quoted.

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Education Dive

Faculty members Kathleen Artman Meeker and Nancy Rosenberg are conducting research on a coaching program they created to assist paraprofessionals in teaching students.

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Dallas News
Austin Davenport, alum of the Experimental Education Unit, is featured in this news story about an East Dallas couple with Down syndrome.
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District Administration

A program developed by UW College of Education researchers is helping administrators provide professional development to paraeducators while they’re working with students.

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Seattle Times
Psychologists with the University of Washington CARE Clinic diagnose and treat a range of neurodevelopmental disabilities, from autism and Asperger's syndrome to learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The clinic, which served 420 families from across the state last year, has a clientele ranging in age from 2-1/2 to 79.
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Tri-City Herald

Professor Marge Plecki comments on teacher salaries in Washington state and the impact of recent increases in school funding.

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The Times Higher Education
As funding for public universities falls, poorer students will feel the pinch. William Zumeta is quoted.
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KIRO Seattle

Jennie Warmouth (PhD ‘17) and her students from Lynnwood Elementary made a donation to support PAWS of Lynnwood on Giving Tuesday. For more than a decade, Warmouth's students have written bios for furry friends looking for adoption.

 

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Seattle Times

Seattle Times columnist Lynne Varner writes about Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson's new approach of investing more money in fewer schools. Marguerite Roza, research associate professor of education, is quoted.

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The Seattle Times

In an op-ed, Professor Soojin Oh Park discusses how the novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to exacerbate inequalities and systemic oppression that endanger the well-being of underserved children and argues for robust investments in high-quality, affordable child care.