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UW News

Abbagail Gomez (MIT '17) is one of 11 UW students and alumni awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year.

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The Daily

Cristina Gaeta (PhD '16), director of multicultural outreach and recruitment at the UW, comments on building community for students of all backgrounds on campus.

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Education Dive

The UW's master in instructional leadership program and certificate programs designed to help teachers grow in their leadership roles, including research projects relevant to their own schools, are noted.

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Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

Doctoral student in multicultural education Robert Keener discusses how project-based learning is a powerful tool teachers can use to help students engage with difficult topics.

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CT Post

The education overhaul that Ohio Gov. John Kasich unveils this week is likely to bear the marks of several of America's best-known — if not universally popular — school reformers. Marguerite Roza is mentioned. 

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Crosscut

A recent evaluation of Seattle's preschool program by UW College of Education researchers is noted.

Over the past several years, many school districts have shifted the role of their central office staff, moving away from jobs focused on compliance and management and more towards a role in helping principals becoming better instructional leaders. But little research exists that shows what central office staff need to do to fulfill that role of "principal coach" effectively. Meredith I. Honig, an associate professor for education and policy studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, delved into that question for a report published in the April 2012 edition of Educational Administration Quarterly.

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Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Banks, known around the world for pioneering the field of multicultural education, joined the UW faculty in 1969, and started the UW Center for Multicultural Education.

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Seattle Times
Want good teachers? Guest columnist Tom Stritikus says a number of factors contribute to teaching excellence, not only student test scores or teacher assessments. That's why, as dean of the University of Washington College of Education, he supports increased accountability for teacher preparation programs.
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Leading Equity

Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus, discusses where teacher preparation programs miss the mark on social justice and more in this podcast.