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Christina Black '14 says discussing race openly and early in the school year helps her build relationships with students at Seattle's Rainier Beach High.

Professor Deborah McCutchen discusses how parents can support their child's learning at home during the pandemic.

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on a new effort of education school deans who are banding together with the aim of designing, validating and building support for a coherent set of teacher-preparation experiences.

Alumna Jennie Warmouth was featured in the May/June 2021 edition of the Sound Consumer, an online and print magazine from PCC Community Markets. The story highlights her leadership working with children to take local action in reducing global plastics. Warmouth's second grade class at Spruce Elementary School in Lynnwood, WA worked on a community design project this year that encouraged students ages 5-17 to create Arctic-inspired works of art ― and idea that came from their conversations about how powerful and convincing images can be when working toward change. Warmouth is a National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher, recipient of a two-year fellowship that sent her on an Artic expedition researching and teaching local students about issues facing that ecosystem. She earned her PhD in 2017 from the UW College of Education.

The Master's in Education Policy program at UW is partnering with other organizations to start a community conversation about making school discipline work better.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Athletics was quoted in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled “The Athletics Money Monster – Presidents created the mess in college sports. Can they fix it?” In the article, Jennifer points out that the scope of reform for college sports is just too big for institutions to handle on their own. “If we want real reform, we are going to have to do something different, the only example I can think of is at the federal level,” Hoffman says.

A column co-authored by Professor Ken Zeichner evaluates the argument that traditional teacher education programs have failed as well as the value of programs that school reformers embrace to replace them.

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor weighs in on what parents can do to help introduce their children to new digital technologies.

Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, talks about the ramifications of the Every Student Succeeds Act and offers advice on how to maintain high standards for teacher education.

An in-depth report on the Seattle Teacher Residency, which is well-regarded for preparing outstanding teachers to work in poverty-impacted schools in Seattle.