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UW News
UW College of Education alumni Tina Y. Gourd and Jennifer Gale de Saxe are co-editors of the new book “Radical Educators Rearticulating Education and Social Change: Teacher Agency and Resistance, Early 20th Century to the Present.”
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KUOW
Think back to when you were a kid and what grown–ups said when kids talked about you in a mean way. Chances are they said ignore it. Now research confirms what you may have suspected — that doesn't work. But a new study on Seattle–area schools shows adults can teach kids how to reduce malicious gossip on the playground. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher reports.
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Right as Rain
Professor Brinda Jegatheesan discusses the benefits of the human-animal bond in the psychological wellbeing of children, particularly children with post-traumatic stress disorder, children with developmental disabilities and hospitalized children.
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Michael S. Knapp served as co-guest editor for a special edition of Theory into Practice, a peer-reviewed journal hosted by The Ohio State University. Entitled?Accomplished Teaching as a Professional Resource?, the issue highlights National Board Certified Teachers as a resource for improving student learning and achievement. Mike co-edited with Mary E. Dilworth, vice president of Higher Education and Research from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. National Board Certification is discussed throughout the journal as a mechanism for assessing teacher quality and teacher effectiveness, as well as the role of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in influencing teacher preparedness and educational reform.
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KIRO Seattle
Thomas Halverson, director of the UW Master's in Education Policy program, discusses his recent opinion column arguing for high schools to provide students with a greater variety pathways to postsecondary and career options.
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Urban Institute
Imagine a high school that spends $328 per student for math courses and $1,348 per cheerleader for cheerleading activities. Or a school where the average per-student cost of offering ceramics was $1,608; cosmetology, $1,997; and such core subjects as science, $739.
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UCEA Review
The design and theory of action behind the University of Washington's Danforth program, winner of the UCEA's 2019 Exemplary Educational Leadership Preparation Award, is discussed.
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Christian Science Monitor
Marguerite Roza is quoted in Christian Science Monitor. If [top administrators] say you have to fire all your librarians, but you happen to have this really great librarian who's doing more for reading instruction than anyone else ... it's not really useful, says Marguerite Roza, a senior scholar at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education. The flexibility allows the school to ... maybe even do things better.
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The Seattle Times
UW College of Education doctoral candidate Elba Moise comments on the importance of students having space to show their real selves in during online classes.
Noah Zeichner was given the World Educator award by the World Affairs Council. Zeichner teaches a Global Leadership class in which students study contemporary global problems, then develop lessons for fourth-graders at a nearby elementary school. He also co-founded a local ideas festival called World Water Week, and is a Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow in a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and a lead teacher for the Global Visionaries program.