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Education Week

A report cites a study by Professor David Knight showing that during Great Recession, when states made flat cuts to their K-12 aid, it ultimately tripled the disparity between wealthier and poorer districts.

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CBS This Morning

Professor Virginia Berninger discusses how handwriting aids cognitive development in a report on the continuing importance of handwriting.

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The Teacher’s College Record

Men of color have been the focus of a growing number of research studies, as educators and policy makers attempt to address educational equity gaps. Compared with other educational settings, less attention has focused on how to increase persistence and graduation rates of men of color pursuing baccalaureate degrees. Yet, national statistics over the past two decades show that men of color in colleges and universities graduate at lower rates than all other populations, including their same-race women peers. Associate Professor, Joe Lott, II, along with co-authors Dalva Perez and Theresa Ling Yeh, conducted research to examine a collaborative, equity-based inquiry approach to respond to equity gaps for men of color in college. Their study used a social design experiment (SDE) approach to examine what happens when staff of color on a predominantly White campus come together to address educational inequities for men of color. The researchers’ findings suggest that developing communities of practice through this SDE approach could lead to more enriched and comprehensive responses and to systemic organizational change.

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Ohio Public Radio

Professor Virginia Berninger comments on the cognitive benefits of learning cursive in story about the Ohio General Assembly considering a bill that would require schools teach cursive.

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Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Athletics, is quoted in an article published in Diverse Issues in Higher Education that focuses on how collegiate athletes are already beginning to profit off their name, image and likeness since the court's ruling in June. While some scholars have speculated that profiting off name, image and likeness will make sports more equitable for all genders and races, Lee Hoffman cautions that institutions must take into consideration the ways in which equity comes into play and what young athletes need to learn to take advantage of the entrepreneurial options now available to them.

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Washington Association of School Administrators

Four graduates and current students of UW's Leadership for Learning (Ed.D.) program, — Dr. Carl Bruner, Dr. James Everett, Dr. Chrys Sweeting and Brian Hart — received awards for outstanding leadership from the Washington Association of School Administrators.

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Office of the President

Meili Powell, an early childhood and family studies major and leader in the College's Dream Project mentoring program, is recognized in UW President Ana-Mari Cauce's annual address.

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The Daily

The Education + Society film series, sponsored by the College's master in education policy program, fosters community dialogue about a multitude of contemporary issues surrounding public education.

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The Daily

Sheeba Jacob, project director of the University of Washington's Center for Educational Leadership, presented "How a Bunch of 12-year-olds Schooled Me about Life" at Ignite Education Lab.

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Ready WA

Four UW Dream Project mentors for first-generation and low-income students in King County high schools ashare what they’ve learned in college that they wish they would have known in high school.