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Seattle Times

“Education Conversations” is an occasional series from The Seattle Times editorial board, highlighting the latest thinking in education. In this new video, Dean Stritikus says it’s time to shift the way we think about the profession and incorporate early learning into basic K-12 education in Washington state. He’s also critical of the region’s growing achievement gap among poor student populations and suggests teachers are the key to improving their academic outcomes.

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The Teaching Channel

Liza Rickey (MIT '03), science and STEM curriculum specialist at Issaquah School District, shares how teachers can reinvigorate their day-to-day routines at the end of the school year and finish on a strong note.

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UW News

When kids go back to school in a few weeks, it can be a mixed bag of challenges including adjusting to school routines and worries over academics, bullies and fitting in with other peers. Dr. Clayton Cook and Dr. Jim Mazza as well as otehrs from the University of Washington offer advice to parents on how to help their elementary- through high school-aged kids get the new school year off to a good start.

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Seattle's Child

Professor Gail Joseph comments on steady improvements that have been observed in outcomes for early learners participating in the Seattle Preschool Program.

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Seattle Times

It's been a rocky first year for the Puget Sound branch of Teach for America, but principals say the first TFA teachers are performing well. The efforts of Dean Tom Stritikus are noted.

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KCET

Doctoral student Christine Tran is author of an article exploring the tradition of making bánh chưng and how it's being continued in the Vietnamese community.

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National Environmental Education Foundation
John Schmied, alumnus of the first cohort of teacher education program students, is the 2011 winner of the Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award. Schmied is currently a seventh grade science teacher at Skyview. This award goes to an outstanding middle school teacher (grades 5-8) who successfully integrates environmental education into the curriculum and engages students in interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges.
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Chronicle of Higher Education

The College of Education is a partner in the recently-opened Othello-UW Commons, highlighted in a story about new ways that universities are partnering with their communities.

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UW Today
When the students at Amazing Grace Christian School in Renton are asked to face the music, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being called on the carpet, unless, of course, you mean cutting a rug. Dance is an integral part of the K-8 school, thanks to a UW graduate student who’s been teaching there. College of Education alum, Michelle Zimmerman, first introduced dance into the school’s curriculum when she was only 16 and a volunteer there.
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UW News

Robert Abbott, emeritus professor of education, is co-author of a new study showing that people who reported better health and socioeconomic status were those whose parents and teachers had received lessons aimed at building stronger bonds with their children decades ago.