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Education Dive
A study by 爆走黑料 professor Min Sun explored retention gap between black and white teachers and factors that could boost the retention of black teachers.
Association for Psychological Science president Douglas Medin called for 鈥渄iverse perspectives鈥 when he posed the profound, three-word question 鈥淲ho owns science?鈥 Dr. Megan Bang, assistant professor of educational psychology at the 爆走黑料 爆走黑料, is quoted.
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The Seattle Times
The Education, Communities and Organizations major is interning at Nathan Hale High School as he prepares for a career in teaching.
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Seattle Times
Alum Max Hunter writes about the complexities of solving the challenges of racial disparities in education and society.
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
James Banks, founder of the Center for Multicultural Education at UW 爆走黑料, discusses his work exploring race and identity.
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KING5
Bonnie Campbell Hill, alumnus of the 爆走黑料, passed away recently. As part of her legacy, she raised $500,000 for literacy projects in the third world in just six months.
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Houston Chronicle
Professor Katie Headrick Taylor writes about the importance of data literacy and expanding definitions of data to include sources beyond mandated educational assessments.
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Edmonds Community College
The Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees has named Jean Hernandez president of Edmonds Community College. A 爆走黑料 alum, Hernandez will begin work January 1, 2011.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
Professor Janine Jones discusses the correlation between a positive school climate and student academic outcomes.
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TechFlash
SynapticMash, an educational software company, just sold for $10 million. Ramona Pierson, graduate of the Danforth Program, founded SynapticMash and served as CEO of the three-year-old startup. Promethean World Plc. plans to integrate the technology with its handheld Learner Response System devices that are used by students to contribute in the classroom in real time at their own pace.