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Professor Emeritus Walter Parker’s article is the most-read article of 2019 in the journal Human Rights Education Review. 

Tom Halverson speaks with KING5 TV about WA's chances in 'Race to the Top'. (Begins at -1:29 second mark of the video.)

Professor Meredith Honig comments on the need to support local school leaders as decisions are made about closing schools in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Simpson Center is pleased to recognize Maurice Dolberry (Education) as the first UW student to complete the graduate Certificate in Public Scholarship (CPS). Dolberry, who entered the program in fall 2011, completed his Certificate this spring, with the guidance of his CPS portfolio advisor Ralina Joseph (Communication).

Professor Soojin Oh Park discusses Washington's efforts to create an equitable homeschool curriculum and the challenges still facing parents who are essential workers, working from home or living in temporary housing.

High-school guidance counselors are often misunderstood, unappreciated, and not treated as educational leaders, according to EDLPS doctoral candidate Jenee Meyers-Twitchell.

The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ’s , led by ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ faculty member Joe Lott, is noted as an example of efforts to remove barriers to the success of Black students in higher education.

The impact of professor emeritus John Goodlad, a past president of the American Educational Research Association, and his work is highlighted.

Jennie Warmouth, a 2017 PhD graduate of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ, recently had the trip of a lifetime when she headed to the Arctic to study polar bear. Warmouth’s PhD is in educational psychology and she specializes in human-animal interactions related to learning empathy. She is a recent recipient of the National Geographic Grosvenor Teaching Fellow which is how she was able to travel to the Arctic.

When she’s not trying to locate elusive polar bears, Warmouth is a second-grade teacher at Lynnwood’s Spruce Elementary, part of the Edmonds School District in Washington state. During the evenings, you can often find Warmouth teaching in the Teacher Education Program at Seattle Pacific University. On top of all of this, Warmouth has continued to do research and recently the National Geographic Society highlighted her work with her students on a conservation project dealing with the impact of plastics on Arctic animals. 

Listen to audio of 5 local educators who told their stories at February's "Why I Teach" event co-sponsored by UW ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ. Marquita Prinzing '10, a fourth-grade teacher in South Seattle, was among the featured storytellers.