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Starting next summer, Seattle will join a dozen other U.S. cities that train some of its teachers similar to the way hospitals teach medical residents, with significant on-the-job learning alongside experienced mentors. Seattle Public Schools and three partners — the University of Washington, the nonprofit Alliance for Education and the city's teachers union — will recruit 25 people for the new program, which will include university coursework as well as the classroom apprenticeship.

Ariane Gauvreau, field director and teaching associate in special education, is helping teachers understand each student’s specific cultural and learning needs.

Several of the UW College of Education's graduate specialty programs ranked in the top 10: elementary education (7th), special education (7th), curriculum/instruction (8th), secondary education (9th) and administration/supervision (10th).

Professor Virginia Berninger comments on research that shows spelling is a way of accessing meaning and effective ways to teach spelling.

A gathering organized by the UW College of Education that highlighted the work of Native teacher education cohort programs partnering with tribal communities to center Indigenous knowledge in education is featured.

Kimber Connors (MEd '14) has been named executive director of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, which builds pathways into high-demand careers for Washington students.

Professor Min Sun, principal investigator of the UW's Education Policy Analytics Lab, comments on 2019 results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which show the gap between Washington state’s highest and lowest performers continues to grow.