In the News

Professor Jim Mazza is interviewed about his livestream series that focuses on sharing coping strategies and emotion regulation skills to aid parents in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.

Samuel Odom, one of the College of Education's Distinguished Alumni awardees, recently won the Gesell Prize, an international award that includes 10,000 euros, a medal forged in silver, and a legacy alongside the international leaders in child development research.

Robin DiAngelo, an affiliate associate professor of education and author of the best-selling book "White Fragility," discusses race in America.

Professor Kristie Kauerz will speak at the National Press Club on Oct. 16 for the release of a new guide that will support principals in creating school conditions that support early learners’ needs.

Chris Pearson, a Leadership for Learning student, and Keisha Scarlett, a Danforth alumnus, are featured as the state of Washington's 2014 Elementary School Principal of the Year and Middle-level Principal of the Year respectively.

Assistant Professor, David Knight, provides an opinion editorial to The Hill about making education funding a priority.

David Stroupe '13 will be honored for his study "Students Drive Where I Go Next": Ambitious Practice, Beginning Teacher Learning, and Classroom Epistemic Communities, which examines ambitious practice of novice science teachers.

Viewpoint magazine features professor emeritus James A. Banks in its Spring 2021 edition, which is now available online. The two-page spread ― complete with a vintage photograph of Dr. Banks teaching students in 1990 ― provides a fascinating look at his career progression and legacy at the UW. Banks joined the College of Education in 1969, as part of the first university-wide effort to recruit faculty of color. The article draws connections between activism led by the UW's Black Student Union (BSU) in the late 1960s that advocated for the recruitment of Black teachers, scholars and administrators with contemporary efforts from the BSU to accelerate progress on diversifying faculty and other leadership roles.

Professors Megan Bang and Philip Bell discuss design-based research including: (1) methodological limitations of DBR, (2) issues of agency in DBR projects, and (3) challenges related to the design of scalable interventions.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Athletics was featured on the podcast State of Sport Management to discuss the current Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) trends and its legal, legislative and economic aspects. Dr. Hoffman also discusses the NCAA and how to understand the future of the association during this time of upheaval in the systems and structures of college sports, legislative involvement and the future of NIL.