Making sure schools support every child in reaching their full potential is a complex task. The challenge is even greater at places like Meridian School District in northwest Washington that must run on lean staffs.
For many young people growing up in marginalized communities, it can be difficult to see futures filled with opportunity.
Nikum Pon (PhD '13) dreams of changing that.
UW Professor is the recipient of the 2015 Washington Science Teachers Association (WSTA) Teacher of the Year Award for Higher Education.
The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ is launching a new effort to strengthen the nation's early care and education workforce by increasing access to programs preparing these professionals.
Bake sales, PTA meetings and parent-teacher conferences have long been seen as the key to engaging parents in their children's education.
At too many schools across the country, parents are left out of the learning equation.
Timothy Yeomans (EdD '09), superintendent of Puyallup School District and a strong advocate for aspiring school and district-level leaders in Washington state, has received the University Council Educational Administration Excellence in
From an early age, Lorena Guillen felt a call to change the status quo of schooling. The Los Angeles native heard stories from family members who were scolded by their teachers and administrators for speaking Spanish in school.
A flood of new technologies can change how people learn, live and work nearly overnight. For educators like Elzena McVicar, who teaches elementary English language learners in Seattle Public Schools, it's easy to feel overwhelmed.
In a fifth-grade classroom in south Seattle this May, pairs of students pulled vibrant cardboard cubes from a stack and presented them to four panelists.