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UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs

The journey of Auston Jimmicum, a member of the first cohort of the Brotherhood Initiative — a program created to help men of color succeed at the UW, is featured.

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KUOW

Early Childhood & Family Studies Director Gail Joseph speaks with KUOW about the growing recognition of the importance of outdoor play.

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El Paso Times

Professor David Knight comments on school funding and the impact in a Texas school district that adopted an open enrollment policy.

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National Public Radio

Marguerite Roza on NPR's Morning Edition, speaking to the topic, 'Billions of Stimulus Money Goes Unspent.'

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Everett Herald

A class project that resulted in changing a Lynnwood elementary school's single use plastic policy was led by Jennie Warmouth (PhD ‘17), who recently traveled to the Arctic as part of a National Geographic fellowship.

Alum Noah Zeichner, a teacher at Seattle’s Sealth High, was recently named World Educator of the Year by the Seattle branch of the World Affairs Council.

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Sesame Workshop

Jordan Taitingfong, a doctoral student and early learning training specialist at UW's Haring Center for Inclusive Education, writes about the intersection of disability and race in early childhood.

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The Seattle Times

The UW College of Education's work helping Lakeridge Elementary create a professional learning community of educators is cited.

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Journal of Indigenous Social Development

Emma Elliott-Groves’ paper titled “Indigenous Relationality is the Heartbeat of Indigenous Existence during COVID-19" was published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Indigenous Social Development, titled Vol 9 No. 3(2020): Indigenous Communities and COVID-10: Impact and Implications.  Elliott-Groves is an assistant professor at the UW College of Education. The oc-authors include: Drs. Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Program Manager, Native Education Certificate Program and Teacher Education Program, College of Ed) and Jessica Ullrich (University of Alaska Anchorage (UW School of Social Work PhD alum). 

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The Seattle Times

Listen to audio of 5 local educators who told their stories at February's "Why I Teach" event co-sponsored by UW College of Education. Marquita Prinzing '10, a fourth-grade teacher in South Seattle, was among the featured storytellers.