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A breakdown of administrative costs as teachers strike

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Q13 FOX

Professor Meredith Honig comments on school districts' administrative salaries and the relationship to the quality of education.

Microsoft's Zoe Krumm on forefront of fight against piracy

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Seattle Times

Amid the engineers and programmers roaming the Microsoft campus, Zoe Krumm stands out. Instead of talking XML and HTML5, she talks FBI and ICE. Krumm is on Microsoft's worldwide anti-piracy team — a job that's not unlike a crime-scene analyst. Krumm graduated in 1998 from the Elementary Teacher Education Program. 

Is the business of youth sports leaving too many kids out?

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KUOW — The Record

Julie McCleery (PhD '15), a research associate with the UW Center for Leadership in Athletics currently working on a , discusses the high cost of youth sports.

Education Nation: UW professor Dr. Frances Contreras on equity, diversity learning

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KING5 TV
KING 5 is partnering with NBC ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ to focus on our children's education. The project is called Education Nation. Dr. Frances Contreras, a ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ professor specializing in equity and diversity learning, shares more.

±¬×ߺÚÁÏ's online early childhood education program named No. 1

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TheBestSchools.org

The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ's online bachelor's degree in early care and education is the top-ranked program in the nation, receiving recognition for its high quality and flexible curriculum.

Towards a Global PhD? Forces and Focus in Doctoral Education Worldwide

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Illinois Public Media
In an interview with Illinois Public Media radio, Maresi Nerad talks about some of the major challenges facing graduate education.

For some Washington students with special needs, diagnosis is too late, help is too little

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The Seattle Times

Professor Janine Jones, director of the UW's school psychology program, comments on the challenges facing Washington families in getting help for children with learning disabilities.

Teach for America seeks foothold in Seattle area

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Seattle Times
Teach for America is working to bring its corps of young college graduates here to teach in Seattle-area schools next fall. Tom Stritikus is quoted.

Evaluating a Promise to Reinvent Teacher Prep

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The 74

Professor Emeritus Kenneth Zeichner discusses his research on the effectiveness of Relay Graduate School of Education in preparing a more diverse teaching corps.

Kareen Borders wins Presidential Award

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whitehouse.gov
Congats to Kareen Borders, current L4L4 student, on winning the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. It has been a big spring for Kareen as she also recently won the PBS Teachers® Innovation Award!