In the News

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Seattle Channel

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor discusses how young people can provide input to help urban planners make cities easier to move around during a recent Transit Talk.

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The Seattle Times

Professor Margaret Plecki comments on a new study that looks at whether increases in school spending lead to better results for students and the state of Washington's spending on education.

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Xconomy

Professor Megan Bang comments on Backpacks for Learning, a new partnership involving the College's Institute for Science + Math Education, that will provide opportunities for families to explore computing and robotics by checking out backpacks with projects and activities.

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CNET

Professor Virginia Berninger discusses her research into handwriting and children's development.

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GeekWire

Professor Philip Bell discusses how the UW Institute for Science & Math Education is working with TAF and TAF Academy to create and research curriculum that integrates computing and project-based, interdisciplinary STEM learning.

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Education Week

Professors Kenneth Zeichner and John Bransford are cited, for the third consecutive year, among the nation's most influential academics informing public discussion of education policy.

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The Seattle Times

A recent report by the UW College of Education on the state of Washington's teacher workforce which found little progress in diversifying the profession is cited.

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Columns Magazine

Ned Porges, who started his doctoral program at UW College of Education in 1979, recently graduated after completing his dissertation on socio-politics of travel as experiential education.

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Politico

Professor Walter Parker's article “Teaching Against idiocy,” exploring the challenge that democratic societies face in developing public-minded citizens, is referenced.

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The Root

Professor Janine Jones comments on her recent study of black girls who participated in a course that combined mindfulness teachings with a cultural-enrichment curriculum.