In the News

Siamek Vossoughi’s new short story collection titled “A Sense of the Whole, Short Story Collection” received a book review. Vossoughi worked last year as an artist-in-residence in the UW College of Education. He currently works as an instructor and grader for the Brotherhood-Initiative.

Faculty members Gail Joseph and Stephen Fink discuss efforts to improve teaching quality, including UW's work building evaluation systems for schools.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor of educational foundations, leadership and policy, headlined an episode of the Going For Two podcast. Hoffman spoke with host Bryan Fischer about the ramifications and nuances of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in NCAA v. Alston, which concerns whether the NCAA's restrictions on education-related grant-in-aid compensation are illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Court's 9-0 decision recognizes that the NCAA's "amatuerism" rules cannot work to benefit everyone except the student-athletes who produce a product and will substantially impact the NCAA's operations going forward, particularly when it comes to compensating college athletes.

Professor Min Sun's study on the association of district principal evaluation with learning-centered leadership practice is featured.

The Brotherhood Initiative (BI) was featured in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled “The Problem Nobody’s Talking About” which discusses how men have trailed women in degree completion for decades and how programs like the BI have helped remedy this issue. Students who are in the BI Oscar Joya and Thomas Efrem are featured in the article, as well as associate professor and founding director of the BI Joe Lott and student success coordinator Paul Metellus. The article highlights how cohort programs like the BI are successful, yet uncommon, on most college campuses and how when the BI started, there was a ten-percentage-point graduation gap between underrepresented minority males at the UW and their white peers and six years later that gap has nearly closed for BI participants.

Professor Brinda Jegatheesan discusses how therapy dogs help child victims of traumatic experiences testify in courts by providing emotional support to children during court proceedings.

Professor Ken Zeichner discusses the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act on teacher standards.

Dean Mia Tuan discussed stereotypes facing Asian Americans as a distinguished guest lecturer at Southern Utah University. 

The University of Washington's new two-year Native Education Certificate blends online learning with hands-on projects to build relationships in Native American communities.

The UW College of Education recently designed and facilitated a summer institute on culturally responsive classroom management for Washington teachers.