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WSSDA Direct
Researchers with the UW-based Family Leadership Design Collaborative outlined a new, solidarity-driven process of partnership between communities of color, educators and researchers toward community-defined well being and educational justice in a recent paper.
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Association of American Colleges and Universities
The Association of American Colleges and Universities asked Shirley Hune to contribute to their special issue celebrating 40 years of work on the status of women in education, On Campus with Women. Her contribution followed up on her 1998 monograph on Asian Pacific American Women: Claiming Visibility & Voice.
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KING5
Ilene Schwartz, director of the UW's Haring Center for Inclusive Education, comments on the importance of including students with developmental disabilities in general education classroom settings.
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Spencer Foundation
The Board and staff of the Spencer Foundation are pleased to announce the appointment of Diana E. Hess as Senior Vice President. An alum of the UW College of Education, Hess is currently Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies, Education Policy, and Law.
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Crosscut
In an op-ed, Julie McCleery of the UW's Center for Leadership in Athletics discusses the new "State of Play: Seattle-King County" report she authored and how a county-wide play equity coalition could increase access to physical activity.
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American Association of School Administrators
American Association of School Administrators lists new report by Meredith Honig, Mike Copland, and others as new and noteworthy.
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The National Interest
Professor Ann Ishimaru shares new ways for schools to engage with parents as co-author of a commentary piece (also published in the Houston Chronicle and The National Interest).
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NARST
Heather Zimmerman, College alum and faculty member at Penn State, won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching award for the outstanding dissertation of the year in the field of science education. The premier science education research organization, the National Association for Research in Science and Teaching awarded Zimmerman for her research with the LIFE Center.
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The Seattle Times
Guides filled with resources for children in kindergarten and younger as well as for elementary school-aged kids — compiled by UW College of Education faculty — are highlighted.
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Next Gen Navigator
Anastasia Sanchez, a doctoral student in learning sciences and human development and Seattle Public Schools science curriculum specialist, and 7th grade science teacher Jordyn Frost (MIT '16) discuss their curriculum work in SPS.