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Professor Katie Headrick Taylor is principal investigator of a project convening practitioners, researchers, evaluators and other stakeholders to explore the current state of evaluation and measurement tools in afterschool STEM programs.

Marguerite Roza testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor at the hearing entitled Teacher Equity: Effective Teachers for All Children.

The UW's Experimental Education Unit, a developmental preschool program that teaches kids with disabilities alongside kids without, is mentioned and the parent of student is interviewed.

A collaboration between the UW and the Bellevue School District, designed to improve student engagement and performance in advanced placement (AP) courses, is now finding wider success.

Professor Meredith Honig notes that, despite school closures, students have still been learning during the pandemic and schools systems need to focus attention on those likely to fall through the cracks.

Virginia Berninger discusses how cursive writing can aid reading development as well as lead to improvements in spelling skills and composing writing samples.

Professors Soojin Oh Park and Holly Schindler comment on a study they are designing which will provide a snapshot of the pandemic’s effects on children’s well-being.

The UW Center for Educational Leadership's coaching of teacher leaders in Pittsburgh Public Schools is cited.

David Knight, assistant professor of education finance and policy, wrote about the three things state education agencies could be doing right now in a recent op-ed published by The Hill. Knight and his co-author argue that state education agencies have an important role for ensuring school reopenings run efficiently and equitably, particularly considering the billions of dollars earmarked for education through the Biden Administration's stimulus bills. They argue that state efforts have the potential of leveraging stimulus funds to create more equitable public education systems across the nation. Among their recommendations, they advise that state education agencies engage in long-term planning and evaluation processes to ensure that funds reach students disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

The Master's in Education Policy program at UW is partnering with other organizations to start a community conversation about making school discipline work better.