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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.

Tricia Lewicki, a UW College of Education graduate who teaches at Seattle's Beacon Hill International School, shares the joys and challenges of being a veteran teacher.

Education Week unveiled the 2022 RHSU (Rick Hess Straight Up) Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Boeing Professor Emeritus of Teacher Education Ken Zeichner, James A. and Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education and Director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice Django Paris and alumna Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings (M.Ed. '72) were included in this year’s rankings, which were chosen by a 33-member selection committee.

Tom Halverson, director of the UW Master's in Education Policy program, comments on how communities can help develop more skilled and educated workforces.

Professor Holly Schindler discusses brain development and early learning in a documentary that explores how new research is changing the way we view early learning.

Targeted feedback workshops created by the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership to help its school district partners around the country provide effective feedback to teachers are detailed in a column.

Dafney Blanca Dabach is quoted on English Learner training for general education teachers and implications for teacher certification and licensure.

Professor Megan Bang and program manager Dawn Hardison-Stevens discuss the UW College of Education's new Native Education Certificate program.

Professor Ken Zeichner comments on alternative teacher training programs reliance on test scores and use of highly controlling classroom management techniques in schools serving students of color and low-income communities.