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Education Week

Professor of Education Policy, Organizations and Leadership and director of the District Leadership Design Lab (DL2) Meredith Honig is quoted in an article in Education Week titled “Backlash, Hostility, and Safety Fears: What It’s Like to Be a Chief Equity Officer in the Anti-CRT Era.” The article discusses how a difficult job has been made even more difficult by those who have lashed out against Critical Race Theory. Meredith discusses how equity officers in school districts are generally hired to change or institute system-wide policies and practices that make sure students who have been historically disadvantaged can get the same opportunities as their more-privileged counterparts, but national backlash against equity in education swelled over the last year and these difficult and often controversial jobs have become even more polarizing.

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KCET

Doctoral student Christine Tran writes about a non-profit in Coachella Valley, a region with one of the largest wealth gaps in the U.S., that is working to bring produce to the area's low-income populations, including families of poverty-impacted students.

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Yakima Herald

Alan Moore, assistant director of UW's Master in Education Policy program, comments on the teacher shortage in Washington State.

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The Seattle Times

Mia Williams, principal of Seattle's Aki Kurose Middle School, is the 2016 Washington Middle Level Principal of the Year. Williams is a graduate of UW's Danforth Educational Leadership Program and currently enrolled in its Leadership for Learning program.

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Inc.

UW College of Education research on handwriting, neural activity and creativity is cited.

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ParentMap

Professor Mark Windschitl discusses how science teaching will look different under the new Washington State Science Learning Standards.

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Huffington Post

Findings of a recent review of several alternative teacher certification programs by Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, are cited.

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The Seattle Times

Professor Margaret Plecki comments on a new, in-depth look at the makeup and retention of Washington state’s approximately 60,000 teachers.

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Columns Magazine

The Teaching Channel's most-read blog post of 2016 was co-authored by Elham Kazemi, Condit professor in math and science education, and Kendra Lomax, managing director of Teacher Education by Design (see page 42).

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Education Week

Professor Meredith Honig discusses her new study of district research partnerships that were attempting to implement new school improvement programs backed by research.