In the News

Kevin Gallagher, a long-time mentor in the UW's Elementary Teacher Education Program, is featured and UW teacher candidate Katie Sorensen (MIT '20) is mentioned.

Professor Jessica Rigby comments on the important components of infusing equity into leadership practices, and offers education leaders recommendations to guide their work in placing equity at the center of school reform efforts.

The Seattle Teacher Residency program is highlighted in the article. This program is a partnership between the UW College of Education, Seattle Public Schools, Alliance for Education and Seattle Education Association was established in 2012 to create a larger pipeline of diverse, highly qualified teachers serving the city's most poverty-impacted schools.

Marquita Prinzing, a 2010 graduate of UW's Teacher Education Program, tells a powerful story about leadership, bullying and why she teaches.

Anne Beitlers, associate teaching professor and director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP), was quoted in an article published by The Post Journal about how the pandemic has prompted change in how future teachers are trained. Many U.S. educator preparation programs are incorporating more digital tools, online instruction and mental and emotional wellness in their courses to reflect takeaways from the pandemic. In particular, the prominence of technology will have benefits regardless of the pandemic's course and teaching programs are giving more emphasis on how to plan and implement quality virtual learning.

Jennifer McDermott of the UW Center for Educational Leadership offers advice for instructional coaches transitioning into their role.

Professor Meredith Honig comments on best practices for starting up charter schools and the case of Washington's first charter school. 

Noah Zeichner (MIT '04) discusses his Global Leadership class in a story about how Seattle's Chief Sealth International High School is helping students become global citizens.

Ryan Lafferty, 2016 Milken Educator, is a teacher co-designer with the University of Washington's Knowledge in Action project and works with College of Education faculty to create project-based physics courses.

Professor Margaret Plecki is quoted on the importance of raising beginning teacher salaries to recruit a wider pool of quality candidates.