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IslandWood
Joe Petrick (MEd '04), an alumnus of the UW and IslandWood's Education for Environment and Community graduate program, is now serving as vice president of field education at the Teton Sciences Schools.
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Seattle Times
Washington politicians have abdicated their leadership role in higher education, leaving the state with a disjointed system that doesn't produce enough bachelor's degrees and forces employers to go out of state — and even out of the country — to find skilled workers. Bill Zumeta, one of the co-authors of the forthcoming book, "Financing Higher Education," is quoted.
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Education Dive
Faculty members Kathleen Artman Meeker and Nancy Rosenberg are conducting research on a coaching program they created to assist paraprofessionals in teaching students.
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Dallas News
Austin Davenport, alum of the Experimental Education Unit, is featured in this news story about an East Dallas couple with Down syndrome.
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District Administration
A program developed by UW College of Education researchers is helping administrators provide professional development to paraeducators while they’re working with students.
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Seattle Times
Psychologists with the University of Washington CARE Clinic diagnose and treat a range of neurodevelopmental disabilities, from autism and Asperger's syndrome to learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The clinic, which served 420 families from across the state last year, has a clientele ranging in age from 2-1/2 to 79.
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Tri-City Herald
Professor Marge Plecki comments on teacher salaries in Washington state and the impact of recent increases in school funding.
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TechFlash
SynapticMash, an educational software company, just sold for $10 million. Ramona Pierson, graduate of the Danforth Program, founded SynapticMash and served as CEO of the three-year-old startup. Promethean World Plc. plans to integrate the technology with its handheld Learner Response System devices that are used by students to contribute in the classroom in real time at their own pace.
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KIRO Seattle
Jennie Warmouth (PhD ‘17) and her students from Lynnwood Elementary made a donation to support PAWS of Lynnwood on Giving Tuesday. For more than a decade, Warmouth's students have written bios for furry friends looking for adoption.
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Seattle Times
Seattle Times columnist Lynne Varner writes about Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson's new approach of investing more money in fewer schools. Marguerite Roza, research associate professor of education, is quoted.