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Former UW TEP student Jesse Hagopian is a public high school teacher in Seattle and has been very involved in the national conversation about standardized testing. In January 2013, teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School unanimously voted to stop administering a widely used standardized test, the MAP test, saying that the test is deeply flawed and is unfairly used to grade student performance. As the number of educators boycotting this test increases, Hagopian has been speaking with bloggers, journalists, and, most recently, CNN News.

UW College of Education professors Angel Fettig and Kathleen Artman Meeker outline steps to end discriminatory discipline and make early learning programs work better for each and every child.

A campaign to help Washington kids go from fearing — and sometimes flunking — math and science to embracing careers that require technical skills is celebrating its first anniversary this week. Andy Shouse is quoted. 

Jennifer Hoffman, associate professor of education with the UW Center For Leadership In Athletics, comments on the importance of keeping fans engaged as Seattle prepares to welcome an NHL franchise.

"I'm thinking about a water fountain," five year old Finn Okell said to his kindergarten teacher. To hear him chatter that way is extraordinary. Why? Because it's so ordinary. His father remembers a time when everything was uncertain. Finn was diagnosed with autism as a toddler. Dr. Ilene Schwartz, Director of the Haring Center and Chair of Special Education, is interviewed.

Professor Katie Headrick Taylor comments on the "Off the Map" project, in which students are using technology to learn and preserve the history of Maryville, Tenn.

Joy Williamson-Lott, who joined the UW College of Education faculty in 2007, has been named the next dean of the University of Washington’s Graduate School.