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UW Today
When the students at Amazing Grace Christian School in Renton are asked to face the music, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being called on the carpet, unless, of course, you mean cutting a rug. Dance is an integral part of the K-8 school, thanks to a UW graduate student who’s been teaching there. College of Education alum, Michelle Zimmerman, first introduced dance into the school’s curriculum when she was only 16 and a volunteer there.
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UW News
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.
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Wall Street Journal
Research highlights the hand's unique relationship with the brain when it comes to composing thoughts and ideas. Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding involves selecting a whole letter by touching a key.
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KUOW
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.
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Seattle Times
Michelle Zimmerman is a Ph.D. student in PhD student in Human Development and Cognition and her advisor is Nathalie Gherke.
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Education Week
UW College of Education faculty members Kenneth Zeichner and Django Paris, along with alumni Gloria Ladson-Billings (MA ‘72) and Tyrone Howard (PhD '98), are listed among the nation's most influential scholars shaping educational practice and policy in the 2020 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
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NNER
The conference was held October 14-17, 2009 in Bellevue, WA. Over 400 people attended, including many school district superintendents and other college of education deans and faculty. Congratulations to Dean Wasley, Eugene Edgar (conference co-chair) as well as other COE staff, faculty and students who presented and volunteered there to help make this conference a success. See highlights including video and photos captured at this year's NNER Conference.
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Crosscut
The UW's Experimental Education Unit, a developmental preschool program that teaches kids with disabilities alongside kids without, is mentioned and the parent of student is interviewed.
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UW Arts and Sciences Perspectives
A collaboration between the UW and the Bellevue School District, designed to improve student engagement and performance in advanced placement (AP) courses, is now finding wider success.
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The News Tribune
Professor Meredith Honig notes that, despite school closures, students have still been learning during the pandemic and schools systems need to focus attention on those likely to fall through the cracks.