In the News

Colorado state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, is proposing legislation to overhaul Colorado’s nearly 20-year-old school funding system that will include a “trigger” so it won’t go into effect unless voters are willing to fund it. This decision comes on the heels of a report from the School Finance Partnership, which includes Marguerite Roza. Roza advocates the use of funding as incentive to spur improvement.  

Two books by College of Education faculty — “Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences” by Kimberly Mitchell and “Leading for Professional Learning: What Successful Principals do to Support Teaching Practice” by Anneke Markholt, Joanna Michelson and Stephen Fink — are featured.

Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus, comments on the importance of creating structures to address the underlying challenges in educational systems.

Fourth year PhD student Dalya Perez leads a group of University of Washington faculty, staff and students who gather to move, groove and otherwise get down during a lunch hour dance class at the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center.

Robert Abbott, emeritus professor of education, is co-author of a new study showing that people who reported better health and socioeconomic status were those whose parents and teachers had received lessons aimed at building stronger bonds with their children decades ago.

Professor Min Sun comments on the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and whether they can be connected to any policy changes.