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Corwin Books
Margery Ginsberg's new book’s has a bold new vision for professional learning. It emphasizes the importance of intrinsic motivation and respect for cultural diversity for a transformative approach to school improvement. Knowing that culture and motivation are inseparable influences on learning, Ginsberg provides practical steps that focus on teaching and learning grounded in the reality of students’ lives. Because motivated teachers tend to have motivated students, Ginsberg also proposes a professional learning experience in which teachers experience the same motivational conditions that they can use to inspire their students.
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UCLA
Tyrone Howard (PhD '98), director of the UCLA Black Male Institute, is the recipient of the UW College of Education's 2019 Distinguished Graduate Award.
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Inside Higher Ed
At the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), William “Bill” Zumeta (ASHE President) hosted a presidential session, Policy Challenges in Intercollegiate Athletics. NCAA President and former UW President Mark Emmert was interviewed by Robert Kustra (Boise State University) and College faculty James Soto Antony moderated. The session focused on the challenges of melding academic missions with competitive athletics.
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Education Week
Professor Manka Varghese discusses efforts to diversify the teaching workforce, such as the UW College of Education's Project Bilingual Educator CApacity, as a way to address inequities that impact students of color and their families.
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Methow Valley School District
Alum Brian Patrick, an ambassador of kindness just graduated from Danforth cohort 22 and is now the principal of Methow Valley Elementary. Superintendent Mark Wenzel, a recent graduate of the L4L Ed. D. program, is quoted.
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The Conversation
Professor Ann M. Ishimaru is co-author of a commentary sharing new ways for schools and families — especially working-class communities of color — to work together to help realize children’s potential.
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Teacher Quality Bulletin
Roza's Beyond Teacher Reassignments brief reviewed; her Seniority-Based Layoffs brief cited in NCTQ report on seniority and layoffs.
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eduwonk.com
25 percent of the proceeds from the Matthews Estate's Blackboard Syrah go to the Ackerly Foundation, which partners through the University of Washington College of Education to support teacher training at 24 schools.
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KNKX
Professor Kristen Missall comments on how parents can approach academics at home as children go online to learn during the coronavirus outbreak.
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ParentMap
From the 3-year-old who reads at a higher level than his school-age siblings and knows all the state capitols to the introverted, late-blooming artist who struggles in school, being “gifted” may not always look like the stereotype of the precocious geek. What does giftedness really look like and how can parents and teachers of highly capable children best nurture their gifts and social-emotional health? Dr. Nancy Hertzog responds to ParentMap.