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Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11), executive director of Renton Prep, comments on how gaming could boost social and emotional outcomes for students as young as those in kindergarten.

The University of Washington College of Education is No. 19 in the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

UW College of Education faculty members Kenneth Zeichner and John Bransford are listed among the nation's most influential scholars shaping educational practice and policy, along with alumni Gloria Ladson-Billings (MA ‘72) and Tyrone Howard (PhD '98).

Professor Sheila Valencia comments on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the scores of Washington students.

The University of Washington will start an all-online degree program in early-childhood education this fall. Katherine Long reports. 

Saejin Kwak Tanguay, a PhD candidate in multicultural education, discusses her work to foster supportive peer environments for diverse student populations.

KUOW's The Conversation talks with Nancy Hertzog, director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars, about the latest research on IQ testing. 

The College of Education is one of several units across the UW involved in the new center, which will elevate existing research and community outreach activities.

Should schools spend precious instructional time teaching handwriting? Should students learn cursive at all, or is it an outdated skill—and here's the Hancock link—how will they sign their names if they don't know cursive? The author talks with Virginia Berninger.

A pilot program led by UW College of Education Professor Joe Lott is finding ways to better support black and brown male students in their academic, social and professional endeavors.