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Learning Policy Institute

Ann Ishimaru co-authored a new report, "Summer Learning and Beyond: Opportunities for Creating Equity," jointly published by the Learning Policy Institute and the Spencer Foundation. While many education stakeholders have called for intensive remediation for students to address this year of disrupted schooling and potential learning loss, this report argues that intensive remediation alone will not meet students' needs and ― if conducted in a way that is segregating, stigmatizing, and separated from children's real-life concerns ― could even deepen inequalities and exacerbate trauma. As schools and districts plan for summer learning experiences and beyond, Ishimaru and her co-authors argue that it is more important now than ever that they do so in ways that center the range of experiences, needs, and dreams that young people will be bringing with them to learning environments.

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National Science Foundation

The UW Institute for Science + Math Education's work with Seattle and Renton schools to implement Next Generation Science Standards is featured in a video as part of the NSF Teaching & Learning Showcase.

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The Seattle Times

Associate professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy Ann Ishimaru was featured in an article by The Seattle Times titled “How a tumultuous school year for Seattle students sparked a movement to demand change.” In the article, Ann discusses how young people have long organized for change and there has been an upsurge in student activism since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While students have been making their voices heard about COVID safety, they’ve also been a part of (and even started) other national movements in schools.

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The Kathleen Dunn Show

Professor Brinda Jegatheesan discusses how dogs can be of benefit to children in school classrooms and her scholarship on animal-assisted interventions for children of trauma.

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Washington Post

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on teacher preparation provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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AACTE

Kenneth Zeichner and Marisa Bier co-authored the lead chapter in the 2016 AACTE Outstanding Book, Rethinking Field Experiences in Preservice Teacher Preparation: Meeting New Challenges for Accountability.

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Education Week

Column references a partnership between the UW College of Education and teachers in Bellevue School District to create project-based versions of Advanced Placement courses.

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Education Week

A new certificate program of the UW College of Education will aim to better educate and equip teachers, especially non-Native teachers, to work with Native students.

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ParentMap

UW College of Education research scientist Bronwyn Bevan and her work studying how after-school maker programs affect children during the school day, and how such programs can affect life-long learning, are profiled.

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Education Week

University of Washington researchers are helping lead a national effort to bring more coherence to science education, and to draw attention to inequities in schools across the country.