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The Seattle Times
Tom Halverson, director of the master's in education policy program at the UW, comments on the impact of dress codes on students and implications for teaching.
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Seattle Times
What exactly does the education system sacrifice when legislators slash professional development funding for educators? Op-ed by Dean Wasley and Stephanie Hirsh on budget cutbacks across the state and nation.
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UW News
Professor Joy Williamson-Lott recently received the annual Frederic W. Ness Book Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding and improvement of liberal education from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Williamson-Lott was honored for her book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”
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avid.org
Lauren H. Ramers, Danforth student and Instructional Coach at Rainier Beach High School, published an article recently, Rigorous Opportunities For ALL. Click here to access the full article.
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The Seattle Times
Megan Kelley-Petersen, director of the UW Accelerated Certification for Teachers program for teachers who want to earn their certification while working full time, comments on how new technologies, like videoconferencing, allow students to work together remotely in ways that mimic face-to-face learning.
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Seattle Times
Washington will be the eighth state to adopt the “Next Generation Science Standards,” which outline what students should know about big ideas of science, key practices scientists and engineers use to solve problems, and fundamental concepts that apply across all scientific fields. Dr. Philip Bell and Dr. Jessica Thompson are quoted.
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Boom California
Christine Tran, a doctoral student in educational leadership, policy and organizations, writes about the role of school food labor amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its connections to school food history and social justice movements.
EdX launches the “Positive Behavior Support for Young Children” course by UWashingtonX. Registrations for the courses are open and the course will start on 10th of June, 2014. And in just 3-4 hours per week you will learn evidence-based practices to support the social and emotional development of infants and young children.
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KNKX Public Radio
Professor Meredith Honig comments that threats to withhold federal funds from school districts not bringing all students back for full-time, in-person instruction will exacerbate the stress school district leaders are facing during the pandemic.
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Oregon Public Broadcasting
Professor Virginia Berninger comments on the value of handwriting in the development of children's literacy.