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Doctoral student Christine Tran writes about a non-profit in Coachella Valley, a region with one of the largest wealth gaps in the U.S., that is working to bring produce to the area's low-income populations, including families of poverty-impacted students.

Alan Moore, assistant director of UW's Master in Education Policy program, comments on the teacher shortage in Washington State.

Mia Williams, principal of Seattle's Aki Kurose Middle School, is the 2016 Washington Middle Level Principal of the Year. Williams is a graduate of UW's Danforth Educational Leadership Program and currently enrolled in its Leadership for Learning program.

UW College of Education research on handwriting, neural activity and creativity is cited.

Professor Mark Windschitl discusses how science teaching will look different under the new Washington State Science Learning Standards.

Findings of a recent review of several alternative teacher certification programs by Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, are cited.

Professor Margaret Plecki comments on a new, in-depth look at the makeup and retention of Washington state’s approximately 60,000 teachers.

The Teaching Channel's most-read blog post of 2016 was co-authored by Elham Kazemi, Condit professor in math and science education, and Kendra Lomax, managing director of Teacher Education by Design (see page 42).

Professor Meredith Honig discusses her new study of district research partnerships that were attempting to implement new school improvement programs backed by research.

Rhoan Garnett, a PhD candidate writing his doctoral dissertation about the phenomenon of “undermatch,” comments on why high-achieving students, especially students of color, don’t apply to the institutions that best fit their academic profiles.