In the News

Director of the Haring Center for Inclusive Education and Professor of Special Education, Ilene Schwartz is quoted in an article by The Spokesman Review regarding the nomination of Washington education administrator Glenna Gallo to lead the U.S. Education Department’s special education program. “I think she’s fabulous,” said Ilene. “The only bad thing I can say about her is she’s going to leave Washington state.”

The Seattle Teacher Residency, co-sponsored by UW College of Education, is noted along with a new paper by Professor Ken Zeichner on the quality of teacher preparation in the U.S.

The University of Washington District Leadership Design Lab's role in the creation of standards clarifying what principal supervisors should do to help principals improve teaching and learning in schools is noted.

Recent research by Professor Holly Schindler showing that focus on early child development in the family can sharply reduce behavior problems in young children is referenced.

Kendra Lomax, a teacher educator at UW College of Education, discusses teacher time-outs and how teachers can improve their practice through mid-lesson collaboration time.

Jodi Newman, who teaches in the UW's educational psychology program, discusses secrets of the teenage brain and strategies for maximizing their learning potential.

Kent Jewell, program support supervisor, writes about what it means for immigrant ethnic groups to call a place “home” and how engagement with ancestral tradition can lead to a better understanding of the history of the past and the unresolved challenges of the present.

Three UW College of Education alumni—Shalini Miskelly (MIT '16), Nicholas Bradford (MEP '12) and Jordan Taitingfong '(MEd '08)—will be represented at the Ignite Education Lab storytelling event on February 8.

The UW's Seattle Teacher Residency program, which prepares residents to become teachers in the context of, and for, classrooms in Seattle Public Schools, is highlighted for its success in improving teacher retention and diversity.

Ned Porges, who started his doctoral program at UW College of Education in 1979, recently graduated after completing his dissertation on socio-politics of travel as experiential education.