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Emma Elliott-Groves’ paper titled “Indigenous Relationality is the Heartbeat of Indigenous Existence during COVID-19" was published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Indigenous Social Development, titled Vol 9 No. 3(2020): Indigenous Communities and COVID-10: Impact and Implications.  Elliott-Groves is an assistant professor at the UW College of Education. The oc-authors include: Drs. Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Program Manager, Native Education Certificate Program and Teacher Education Program, College of Ed) and Jessica Ullrich (University of Alaska Anchorage (UW School of Social Work PhD alum). 

The College of Education's Danforth Educational Leadership Program is featured in an article about the important role that principals play in helping create equitable and socially just education institutions.

Chelsea Craig and Anthony Craig, professor of practice in educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Leadership for Learning (L4L) program, co-headlined an episode of the Getting Smart Podcast that focused on Indigenous ways of knowing and leading. Speaking with host Tom Vander Ark, the Craigs shared their respective journeys as leaders, educators and advocates for Indigenous practices and knowledge systems that shape ways of life, relationality and community. Together, they are part of a growing group of leaders who are working to center Indigenous ways of leading and decolonize educational practices.

Professor Michael Knapp comments on Washington teachers rallying for better funding of public education to bring the state into compliance with the Washington Supreme Court's McCleary decision.

Associate teaching professor and Elementary Teacher Education Program (ELTEP) director Teddi Beam-Conroy, James A. and Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education Django Paris, professor emerita Geneva Gay and alumna Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings (M.Ed. '72) are featured in a recent article by EducationWeek titled “What Is Culturally Responsive Teaching?” As states across the nation are considering laws to ban critical race theory being used in schools, the article unpacks what it means to be a culturally responsive teacher, how the various research terms are related and where other academic concepts such as critical race theory tie in – or not.

Research specialist and parent Naomi Wilson comments on the teachers strike in Seattle Public Schools. 

Comments by Professor Ken Zeichner on the Every Student Succeeds Act and its proposed use of federal teacher-quality funds to sponsor a new kind of teacher-preparation program are cited.

Bellingham middle school principal and UW Leadership for Learning alumna Meagan Dawson (EdD '15) writes about innovation in the teacher evaluation process.

Early childhood and family studies major Meili Powell is featured in a story about the University of Washington's Alternative Spring Break, in which students work with elementary and middle schools on literacy arts and environmental science projects.

Michael Copland, deputy superintendent of Bellingham Public Schools and an adjunct faculty member in the UW's Leadership for Learning program, writes about Washington State's need to produce more high-quality teachers.