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The Columbian
The Bezos family has gifted the University of Washington College of Education with $3 million to create an endowment for early-learning research.
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WBEZ
As kids, we usually learn about nature from a decidedly human point of view. The world exists in relation to us. The conventional wisdom has been that this is a universal way the mind develops its awareness of the natural world. But an eclectic group of researchers are challenging that. The team is made up of psychologists from Northwestern University, and researchers from the Menominee Reservation and the American Indian Center of Chicago. They started looking carefully at the way Native and non-Native children come to learn about nature. They found some distinctive differences. Megan Bang's research is prominently featured.
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LA School Report
Professor Min Sun's research exploring the retention of black teachers is noted as one of 11 discoveries that changed the way people think about education in 2018.
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KUOW
What makes a good teacher? Experience? Well, that's one answer. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher kicks off a series looking into what makes a good teacher. Associate Professor Marge Plecki shares her insight.
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The Seattle Times
Olivia Gruver, a senior early childhood and family studies major, is eyeing the 2019 world championships and 2020 Summer Olympics after her record-setting vault.
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AERA
The American Educational Researchers Association (AERA) Bilingual Special Interest Group Dissertation Award Committee awarded Dafney Blanca Dabach the 2011 Bilingual SIG Dissertation Award. Rebecca Blum Martínez, Professor of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, wrote, “The committee was very impressed with the careful, thorough and extensive data that was collected, your analyses and the chosen topic which is of such importance to the field, and to the students who receive these types of instruction.”
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Vox
Professor James Mazza comments on the need for schools to focus more on mental wellness and providing young people with skills to deal with the emotion disregulation they’ll experience during adolescence.
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SeattlePI
Kelly Aramaki, the principal Seattle's John Stanford International School in Seattle, won the $25,000 Milken Educator Award for Washington. The award, called the Oscars of Teaching by Teacher magazine, exists to attract and reward outstanding K-12 teachers and education leaders. More than 50 teachers and educational professionals receive the award every year.
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Education Week
Tim Schlosser '15, a principal at Tyee High School in SeaTac, and Ann O'Doherty, director of the UW's Danforth Educational Leadership Program, discuss how much content knowledge in all content areas principals need to support teacher growth.
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Carnegie Foundation
Alum David M. Irby is vice dean for education and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He directs the undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education programs of the School of Medicine and heads the Office of Medical Education. Irby and his co-author recently published, Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency.