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Pet Connection
Jennie Warmouth (PhD '17) is helping students learn about animal welfare and how to connect with animals, one child and one lesson at a time.
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Washingtonian
More schools are using animals to teach students confidence, compassion, and other lessons they can’t get from textbooks. Brinda Jegatheesan, an associate professor at the University of Washington who specializes in the bond between animals and children, has studied cultures around the world where parents have used animals or animal stories for centuries to instill social morals in their kids.
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AASA Podcast
AASA’s Dan Domenech talked with Stephen Fink about CEL’s knowledge development project with the Gates Foundation and the resulting tools for central office leaders.
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ParentMap
Professor Holly Schindler discusses her work finding more effective ways to give dads positive feedback on parenting skills that research shows matter for children’s development.
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NCAA Champion
NCAA Champion Magazine features the Intercollegiate Athletic Program, a "unique master's degree program...designed to populate the leadership pipeline in intercollegiate athletics."
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The Spokesman-Review
The gift from the Bezos Family Foundation will support a new professorship in early learning, financial aid to doctoral students and support promising early learning initiatives.
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Education News Colorado
State Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, is proposing legislation to overhaul Colorado’s nearly 20-year-old school funding system that will include a “trigger” so it won’t go into effect unless voters are willing to fund it. Marguerite Roza is mentioned.
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Education Week
Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11) answers questions about her new book "Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning," which brings a teacher-centric lens to big questions around the various definitions of artificial intelligence, how AI is upending the workforce, and how to teach about—and with—artificial intelligence.
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King5
Michelle Zimmerman, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at the Amazing Grace Christian School, participated in Microsoft's Innovative Education Forum.
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KUOW
Teachers-in-training from the Seattle Teacher Residency, one of the University of Washington's teacher preparation programs, visit with members of the Black Prisoners Caucus at the Monroe Correctional Complex.