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Q13 FOX

Professor Meredith Honig comments on school districts' administrative salaries and the relationship to the quality of education.

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Seattle Times

Amid the engineers and programmers roaming the Microsoft campus, Zoe Krumm stands out. Instead of talking XML and HTML5, she talks FBI and ICE. Krumm is on Microsoft's worldwide anti-piracy team — a job that's not unlike a crime-scene analyst. Krumm graduated in 1998 from the Elementary Teacher Education Program. 

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KUOW — The Record

Julie McCleery (PhD '15), a research associate with the UW Center for Leadership in Athletics currently working on a King County State of Play report, discusses the high cost of youth sports.

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KING5 TV
KING 5 is partnering with NBC News to focus on our children's education. The project is called Education Nation. Dr. Frances Contreras, a University of Washington professor specializing in equity and diversity learning, shares more.
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TheBestSchools.org

The University of Washington's online bachelor's degree in early care and education is the top-ranked program in the nation, receiving recognition for its high quality and flexible curriculum.

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Illinois Public Media
In an interview with Illinois Public Media radio, Maresi Nerad talks about some of the major challenges facing graduate education.
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The Seattle Times

Professor Janine Jones, director of the UW's school psychology program, comments on the challenges facing Washington families in getting help for children with learning disabilities.

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The Spokesman-Review
North Central High School Principal and College alum Steven Gering was one of nine educators statewide recently honored with a Golden Apple award for making a significant change in secondary education. During the past five years, he’s helped boost by 20 percent the number of students at his school who go on to college. Gering deflects praise for the dramatic change, crediting the collaborative effort of the school’s staff.
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Spencer Foundation

UW College of Education faculty are leading two large-scale research projects funded by the Spencer Foundation to build knowledge for lasting improvements in education.

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Journal of African American History
Congrats to College of Ed student Donna Jordan Taylor on publishing in the Journal of African American History. Donna's piece is titled '‘Black Teachers Misconstrued’ and can be found in Volume 95, Number 1.