In the News

Four new books written or edited by UW College of Education faculty and researchers are noted along with a Q&A with Professor James A. Banks.

NYTimes editorial praises the Robinson Center's program for work with seventh and eight graders. The University of Washington has long allowed a select group of seventh and eighth graders, none older than 14, to skip high school entirely and enter a one-year “transition school” in which they live at home to ease the social adjustment while taking courses on campus taught by an experienced faculty. The courses include physics and precalculus along with English, history and ethics. In the following year, transition-school graduates become regular full-time students.

Professor Min Sun shares lessons from her research on the impact of federal stimulus money for schools during the Great Recession and how those lessons could help policymakers rebuild and reinvest in the most disadvantaged schools and communities.

UW College of Education graduate Rachelle Moore discusses her briefing with government officials on Capitol Hill about teacher preparation and the Seattle Teacher Residency.

Families of color are getting together to improve remote education. Ann Ishimaru, associate professor of education and Regina Elmi executive director of the Somali Parent Education Board share some of the ideas.

Professor Jim Mazza testifies to the Washington legislature regarding the Troubled Youth Law (view at the 1:22 and 1:37 marks).

Max Silverman of UW's Center for Educational Leadership discusses his family's plan for a six-month international trip and how other families can connect travel and learning.

Former dean of the UW College of Education Tom Stritikus was featured on PBS News Hour in an episode titled “Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture.” He highlights how there has been a reckoning in this country for institutions to critically examine their own racialized history and understand its implications. Currently serving as president of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, Dr. Stritikus discusses that college's racialized history — one that has been shaped by its beginnings as an Indian boarding school.

Research specialist Naomi Wilson, parent of two elementary students in Seattle Public Schools, is co-author of an editorial about contract negotiations between the Seattle Education Association and Seattle Public Schools.

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.