Dr. Thomas Lovitt of Kirkland finished the arrangements to create a music scholarship at the University of Kansas to honor his late wife of 58 years in what he feels was the nick of time.
Just days later, last fall, the 81-year-old UW College of Education professor emeritus was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
“I still don’t know how much longer I have to hang around,” he said earlier this week, exactly one year after the death of his wife, Polly Owen Lovitt. “It’s been tough this year, and I think a lot of times, why am I living? My whole purpose since her death is to honor her.”
In a recent podcast, doctoral student Michelle Salgado shares her research designing equitable learning environments incorporating Next Generation Science Standards in linguistically diverse kindergarten classrooms.
Washington's statewide climate-science education training initiative, ClimeTime, is the largest of its kind in the United States and is being supported by UW College of Education researchers Philip Bell and Deb Morrison.
The UW Center for Leadership in Athletics' recent "State of Play: Seattle-King County" report assessing access and equity in youth physical activity in the region is cited.
Professor Django Paris, Seattle educator Darozyl Touch (MIT '19) and doctoral student Bontu Aman Mohammed (MEd '18) are featured in an article exploring culturally sustaining pedagogy.
The nation's schoolchildren have made little or no progress in reading proficiency in recent years, according to results released Wednesday from the largest nationwide reading test. Sheila Valencia weighs in.
Two guides, curated by UW College of Education faculty, with educational resources for families impacted by school and child care program closures are included in a roundup of resources amidst the coronavirus pandemic.