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Four University of Washington faculty members are among the leaders in academia, business, philanthropy, the humanities and the arts elected as 2021 fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

The UW fellows include James A. Banks, professor emeritus of education. Honored for his work in education, Banks is the founding director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice – originally the Center for Multicultural Education – in the UW College of Education. He holds the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and retired from the UW in 2019, after 50 years.

Professor Virginia Berninger discusses new research from UW's Interdisciplinary Learning Disabilities Center highlighting the need for differentiated treatment for learners with dyslexia and dysgraphia.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman, associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Policy and faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Athletics contributed to an article for The GW Hatchet. She states that the pandemic may have amplified any enrollment and financial challenges that a university may have been facing before the pandemic and that the pandemic has led to uncertainty over the future of higher education institutions, and a strategic plan can help address those concerns. “The concern is that colleges, universities that are really enrollment dependent are going to have to be really careful about the decisions that they make so that they maintain their fiscal viability,” she said. “So that’s where your strategic plan is really, really important.”

Robin DiAngelo (PhD '04), director of Equity for Senior Services, Seattle/King County, discusses "white fragility" and responses to Black Lives Matter protestors.

Professor Ken Zeichner believes that a proper connection between schools and communities should be the step in managing discipline in the classroom.

Professor Ken Zeichner discusses how the Seattle Teacher Residency is preparing a diverse cohort of outstanding teachers to work in poverty-impacted schools in Seattle.

Junior early childhood and family studies major Kaitlyn Duranczyk is captain of UW's gymnastics team.

Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, comments on the lack of peer-reviewed evidence supporting the efficacy of an alternative teaching certification program.

A recent study by Professor Min Sun showing that student learning is a function of the combined effort of many teachers is cited in a story about teacher collaboration.

Michelle Zimmerman (MEd '07, PhD '11), director of innovative teaching and learning sciences at Renton Prep, helps students harness the power of data in their learning.