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Professors Maggie Beneke and Manka Varghese and alum Caryn Park (PhD '10) share how white parents can begin engaging young children in conversations about whiteness, racism and fairness.

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.

Professor James Mazza, who is holding interactive online sessions for families on how to deal with the emotional upheavals, is featured.

Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez was in Seattle today to announce his support for an innovative program that trains coaches to work in sports-based youth projects in disadvantaged areas of the city. The Center for Leadership in Athletics are a part of this growing effort to place more trained coaches into sports-based youth development programs. They have been working with Up2Us and Coach Across America since their inception and are a strong supporter of their growth in this area.

Key concepts of the bestselling book "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo (PhD '04), affiliate associate professor of education, are explored in depth.

Gender and culture affect science research on a fundamental level, Professor Megan Bang argues in an article about the importance of learning science from multiple perspectives.

Due to the pandemic, school districts have been forced to find new creative ways to engage families who have been left out of decision making.  Jessica Rigby, assistant professor at the College of Education and her team interviewed 13 leaders from 7 Puget Sound school districts to hear about solutions that were productive, anti-racist and high quality.  The Seattle Times interviewed Rigby and others about this trend in the way school districts work.

College-going rates for low-income and first-generation high school students in Seattle area schools are rising thanks to the efforts of the UW Dream Project, which is partnering with the College of Education to improve college access.

Faculty members David Knight and Meredith Honig were quoted in an article recently published in The Seattle Times about how schools have responded to Gov. Inslee's school reopening order. While nearly all school districts in Washington state have complied with Gov. Inslee's order to reopen schools, some students are getting much more in-person time than others. Knight, an assistant professor of education finance and policy, commented on the variety in schedules and responses to Inslee's order and highlighted that the imbalance is concerning. Honig, director of the District Leadership Design Lab and professor of education policy, organizations and leadership, emphasized the need for data that includes race and class when studying in-personal learning as well as measures that can speak to the quality of the time spent in the classroom.