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KCET
Doctoral student Christine Tran is author of an article exploring the tradition of making bánh chưng and how it's being continued in the Vietnamese community.
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National Environmental Education Foundation
John Schmied, alumnus of the first cohort of teacher education program students, is the 2011 winner of the Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award. Schmied is currently a seventh grade science teacher at Skyview. This award goes to an outstanding middle school teacher (grades 5-8) who successfully integrates environmental education into the curriculum and engages students in interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
The College of Education is a partner in the recently-opened Othello-UW Commons, highlighted in a story about new ways that universities are partnering with their communities.
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UW Today
When the students at Amazing Grace Christian School in Renton are asked to face the music, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being called on the carpet, unless, of course, you mean cutting a rug. Dance is an integral part of the K-8 school, thanks to a UW graduate student who’s been teaching there. College of Education alum, Michelle Zimmerman, first introduced dance into the school’s curriculum when she was only 16 and a volunteer there.
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Kappan Magazine
While they’re often overlooked in education policy debates, Professor Meredith Honig discusses the critical roles district central office staff can play in improving schools and ensuring student success.
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Parent Map
Parent Map feature on the EEU.
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The Seattle Times
Professor Nancy Hertzog, director of the UW's Robinson Center for Young Scholars, comments on the evolution of gifted education programs in the United States and Washington state.
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The Washington Post
In a guest post for the Washington Post's education blog, John Goodlad, professor emeritus of education, writes about effecting change in problem schools.
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Informal Science
Professor Katie Headrick Taylor is principal investigator of a project convening practitioners, researchers, evaluators and other stakeholders to explore the current state of evaluation and measurement tools in afterschool STEM programs.
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US House Committee on Education and Labor
Marguerite Roza testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor at the hearing entitled Teacher Equity: Effective Teachers for All Children.