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Capitol Hill Times

Professor Ed Taylor comments on the launch of the Center for High School Success, which will promote educator training and support, policies that support student learning and data-guided school improvement in Washington state.

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The Wenatchee World
Methow Valley Elementary School is moving towards an all natural playground. Brian Patrick, Danforth Danforth educational leadership program graduate and new principal at Methow Valley Elementary, is quoted.
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EdSurge

The EarlyEdU Alliance, a collaboration of early childhood education experts led by the University of Washington College of Education, is helping improve the quality of teaching in the field.

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University Week

The close-knit community that is the UW's Experimental Education Unit is marking its 40th birthday and the end of an era this spring -- its longtime leader Jennifer Annable is leaving after 25 years with the school.

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KING5.com

College of Ed faculty member Tom Halverson weighs in on current debate over lowering GPA requirements for graduating seniors. The district says this is part of a larger plan they are presenting to the school board. Learn more about this controversial topic.

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Chalkbeat

Professor David Knight, whose research has explored the impact of the Great Recession on school funding, comments on the importance of maintaining equity as districts and states contend with a potential loss of revenue.

Advanced Placement, or A.P., is quickly becoming the accepted standard for college-level coursework in U.S. high schools. The Seattle Time’s Education Lab’s most recent story examines how a new form of A.P. instruction used at Sammamish High School in Bellevue and Garfield High School in Seattle is attempting to address these concerns. College of Education researchers are featured in this multimedia presentation.

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University of Washington Magazine

Professor Manka Varghese, recognized this year as one of the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award recipients, is included in a photo essay featuring the honorees.

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The Seattle Times

Two recent documentaries on education in the U.S. — Two Million Minutes and Race to Nowhere — will be explored during a UW College of Education-sponsored film screening and panel discussion on Nov. 17.

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Seattle Times

The Seattle Times recently covered the struggles, challenges and impact that remote learning is having on families who have children with disabilities. Ilene Schwartz is quoted.