In the News

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.

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.

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. 

2013 Keys to Success Luncheon video about one of our incredible teaching alums, Marina Pita. A Martinez Fellow and teacher at Concord Elementary, Marina and her mentee, Monica Barajas, talk about their work in the teaching profession and their relationship with the Martinez Foundation.

Professor Ann Ishimaru comments in a blog post on two dangerous assumptions about families that are driving current decisions by school systems that threaten to worsen racial inequities.

Just published: the second in the projected three-volume Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide series co-edited by Maresi Nerad and sponsored by CIRGE, invites readers to listen in as nearly thirty distinguished scholars and thought leaders confront urgent questions about doctoral education in a globalizing world.

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.