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Highline Public Schools

Equity guides the work of Delila Leber (MIT '08) as a kindergarten dual language classroom teacher in Highline Public Schools.

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Education Week

A partnership between the University of Washington's Institute for Science + Math Education and the Seattle and Renton school districts to implement Next Generation Science Standards is cited as an example of how partnerships are advancing the learning of both practitioners and researchers.  

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The Seattle Times

A $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enable the UW College of Education to recruit and train about five dozen bilingual teachers to work in dual-language programs in South King County, Bellevue and Shoreline.

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The Seattle Times

A UW College of Education research partnership supporting fathers' everyday interactions with children to boost their early development is noted.

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AASA Podcast

AASA’s Dan Domenech talked with Stephen Fink about CEL’s knowledge development project with the Gates Foundation and the resulting tools for central office leaders.

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ParentMap

Professor Holly Schindler discusses her work finding more effective ways to give dads positive feedback on parenting skills that research shows matter for children’s development.

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NCAA Champion

NCAA Champion Magazine features the Intercollegiate Athletic Program, a "unique master's degree program...designed to populate the leadership pipeline in intercollegiate athletics."

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The Spokesman-Review

The gift from the Bezos Family Foundation will support a new professorship in early learning, financial aid to doctoral students and support promising early learning initiatives.

JURIST Guest Columnist Frances Contreras, Director of the Higher Eduction Program at the University of Washington, says repealing Proposition 209 in California would reinstate a vital admissions tool for underprivileged students.

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The Seattle Times

Researchers from the UW College of Education help conduct the annual external evaluation of the Seattle Preschool Program, recently honored in a report on Pre-K programs in America's 40 largest cities.