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Research+Practice Collaboratory

What operating principles should be kept in mind for building sustainable research-practice partnerships? Philip Bell, Shauna C. Larson Chair in Learning Sciences, offers four suggestions for short- and long-term success.

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Teaching Channel

A three-video series created by the UW's Jessica Thompson and Jen Richards provides a glimpse inside kindergarten and 1st/2nd-grade classrooms that are developing scientific models.

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Monroe Monitor

Early Childhood and Family Studies majors Kimberley Banks and Julie Campos were among UW students who visited Monroe Correctional Complex as part of the honors course Education Inside Prison.

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The Seattle Times

Bellevue teacher Lane Lopus (MIL '16) and Walter Parker, professor of education, discuss how teachers are addressing politics during the presidential election.

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Kirkland Reporter

Walter Parker, professor of social studies education, shares his thoughts on the connection between education and a healthy democracy in an event designed to help parents prepare their kids to be citizens.

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Education Week

Kristie Kauerz, research assistant professor of P-3 policy and leadership, discusses the UW's P-3 executive leadership certificate program, which prepares leaders serving pre-K through 3rd grade children.

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Tacoma News-Tribune

Dan Besett, principal of Tacoma’s Wilson High School and a graduate of UW's Danforth Educational Leadership Program, is the 2017 Washington State High School Principal of the Year.

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UW News

Abbagail Gomez (MIT '17) is one of 11 UW students and alumni awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year.

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The Daily

Cristina Gaeta (PhD '16), director of multicultural outreach and recruitment at the UW, comments on building community for students of all backgrounds on campus.

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Education Dive

The UW's master in instructional leadership program and certificate programs designed to help teachers grow in their leadership roles, including research projects relevant to their own schools, are noted.