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It's all about relationships, Annable said. I try to create an environment where staff want to come to work and kids and families want to be — to build a community. I always have my door open so people can stop by any time, I know the names of every kid and family, and I don't ask anyone to do anything I won't do.

Professor Karin Frey discusses her research on teenagers and interactions that involve strategies of conflict or cooperation.

To assert that it is misguided to pay teachers more for earning a master's degree (the master's bump) can cause quite a dust-up. Deans of graduate programs in education become very upset-and they make their feelings known.

The UW College of Education's podcasts covering subjects ranging from the impact of coronavirus on education, early learning, climate science education and more are noted.

On October 22, 2013, McKnight gathered together a crowd at the James J. Hill Library in downtown St. Paul to discuss PreK-3rd practices, policies, and possibilities. We sought to catalyze a conversation around how to ensure that students and parents experience consistent, high-quality educational experiences from age 3 to grade 3.

Jenée Myers Twitchell (MEd '09, PhD '17) comments on Washington STEM's work to provide more information about who has lost jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is supported by PhD student Lana Huizar, a Community Partner Fellow working with Washington STEM.

Professor Ann Ishimaru discusses local and national efforts to change the ways that schools engage with parents in an interview picked up by NPR's All Things Considered.

More than 70 Oregon administrators will receive leadership training provided by UW's Center for Educational Leadership through the Chalkboard Project initiative.

Since 1964, the University of Washington Haring Center for Inclusive Education has provided innovative special education and early learning, improving the lives of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders and other disabilities.

But the building that’s home to this work, tucked behind the UW Medicine Surgery Pavilion along the Montlake Cut, is antiquated, overcrowded and badly in need of a comprehensive overhaul. Now, thanks to a generous $30 million gift from the Sunderland Foundation, the UW will renovate the existing facility to continue to provide leading-edge services.

“The work at the Haring Center has changed the way we understand early childhood education, and, thanks to the Sunderland Foundation’s tremendous gift, we now can chart a path forward for another 50 years of community support and more cutting-edge research outcomes,” said Mia Tuan, dean of the College of Education.

Stephen Fink, executive director of the UW Center for Educational Leadership, discusses topics including professional development for principals, teaching effectiveness, state licensure systems, career ladders and leader effectiveness in a Q&A.