In the News

Professor Niral Shah discusses why the false narrative that "Asians are good at math" is harmful and what educators can do about it (also published in The Chicago Reporter, Idaho Press-Tribune and other outlets).

Harrison School District 2 Superintendent Mike Miles compares his school district’s new way of paying teachers to the TV sci-fi program “Flash Forward,” where for a moment everyone sees their future with decidedly different reactions. Marguerite Roza is quoted.

Doctoral student Christine Tran writes about the essential role that school food plays in supporting children during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting "Despite political discord, bureaucracy, and scrappy budgets, many unsung heroes manage to feed millions of kids every day. Now they are doing so during a public health crisis."

The guarantee is based on the graduate’s skill in six areas, which the program describes as: ”Shaping and attaining a vision, improving instructional quality through collaborative professional practice, engaging families and communities, marshaling resources, navigating system-wide data use, and creating systems of accountability and support.”

Two UW College of Education students have been selected as alternate Fulbright award winners in 2020. Rocia Araujo, an Education, Communities and Organizations major, and Jill Nakayama, an Early Childhood and Family Studies major, are both alternates for English teaching assistant positions in South Korea.

Professor Ann Ishimaru was invited to join administration officials for the White House Symposium on Transformative Family Engagement on July 31. Ishimaru and others attending the event discussed how to achieve educational equity for children through transformative family engagement.

Professor Meredith Honig comments on the importance of state leadership supporting leaders at the district level.

The late professor's work, which included founding UW's Center for Educational Renewal to promote collaboration between schools and teacher-training institutions, is discussed.

Philip Bell along with project collaborators from Oakland, Irvine, New York, London and Dublin published a new journal article in Science Education called "The trouble with STEAM and why we use it anyway." The piece describes a number of key challenges with efforts to integrate the arts and STEM education, and it highlights some key dimensions of meaninful, transdisciplinary STEAM learning environments. This article is published open access. Bell is a professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development and holds the Shauna C. Larson Chair in Learning Sciences. He is also the executive director of the UW Institute for Science & Math Education.

Professor Ken Zeichner shares his perspectives on teacher education programs in Alberta based on a two-year research study.