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KNKX Public Radio
Professor Walter Parker discusses changes in civics education and the importance of starting early to help kids grow up to be engaged citizens.
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Entrepreneur
Professor Virginia Berninger's research exploring the cognitive benefits of handwriting is cited.
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Yakima Herald
Professor Soojin Oh Park comments on the impact of high-quality preschool and the difficulties some families face in taking advantage of early childhood programs.
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UW Daily
Adaurennaya Onyewuenyi is one of just six doctoral students in the country to receive a American Educational Research Association Minority Dissertation Fellowship, which is supporting her research into how and in what ways racial and ethnic identity contribute to the academic performance of Black American and African immigrant high school students.
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Hechinger Report
Ed Taylor (PhD '94), vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and professor of education, discusses efforts at the University of Washington to improve the four-year graduation rate.
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Seattle Times
Now serving a 17-year-sentence in prison, Barry L. Saunders Jr. can see there are worse things than disrespect, but he didn’t know that when he brought a gun to the Westfield Southcenter Mall in 2008 and fatally shot a 16-year-old boy. Dr. Karin Frey is quoted.
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Washington State University
Zoe Higheagle Strong, who earned her PhD in learning sciences and human development from the UW, will serve as WSU's executive director of tribal relations and director of the Plateau Center for Native American Research and Collaborations.
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US News & World Report
American university professors do not teach education students a universal, tried-and-true method for how to incorporate technology in their classroom instruction. That the digital revolution evolves at a rapid pace and that technology has become so subject-specific means universities cannot address these shifts and create a standard curriculum. As a result, educators have become more resourceful and ingenious in their teaching, professors say.
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Consortium for Media Literacy
University of Washington researcher Marilyn Cohen, 2018 recipient of the National Telemedia Council's Jessie McCanse Award, discusses her work in media literacy education.
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KCTS
SEATTLE—KCTS 9 congratulates the winners of the 20th Annual Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Education, celebrating educators, programs and schools making a positive difference in Washington state education from early childhood through high school. The College would like to offer special congratulations to its alumni award recipients, George Thornton and Jennifer Wiley.