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Professor Walter Parker's work looking into the importance of harnessing public school students’ diversity as an asset in the deliberation over public problems is cited.

Sheryl Burgstahler, affiliate professor of education, comments on how a universal design approach to curriculum can contribute to a more inclusive learning culture.

The University of Washington's Story Time STEM project is developing toolkits that help adults "mathematize literature" by identifying mathematical themes in books and teach young children about them.

Instead of telling parents what the school needs, bring them into the decision-making process, Professor Ann Ishimaru argues in a newly released paper.

Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, discusses the creation of independent teacher education programs and their implications for public schools.

Professor Kristie Kauerz comments on P-3 initiatives being considered by policymakers including funding of full-day kindergarten.

German Moreno (MIT '17), a 4th grade teacher at Seattle's Lowell Elementary, shared his passion for teaching as keynote speaker at the Alliance for Education's 2018 community luncheon.

Dr. Katherine Lewis was awarded the Service, Teaching, and Research (STaR) for Early Career Mathematics Educators. The program aims to bring together future leaders of mathematics education to advance scholarship, create a network, and showcase research priorities for the field.

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

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.