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Jenée Myers Twitchell (MEd '09, PhD '17) comments on Washington STEM's work to provide more information about who has lost jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is supported by PhD student Lana Huizar, a Community Partner Fellow working with Washington STEM.

Professor discusses local and national efforts to change the ways that schools engage with parents in an interview picked up by NPR's All Things Considered.

More than 70 Oregon administrators will receive leadership training provided by through the Chalkboard Project initiative.

Since 1964, the ���ߺ��� Haring Center for Inclusive Education has provided innovative special education and early learning, improving the lives of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders and other disabilities.

But the building that’s home to this work, tucked behind the UW Medicine Surgery Pavilion along the Montlake Cut, is antiquated, overcrowded and badly in need of a comprehensive overhaul. Now, thanks to a generous $30 million gift from the Sunderland Foundation, the UW will renovate the existing facility to continue to provide leading-edge services.

“The work at the Haring Center has changed the way we understand early childhood education, and, thanks to the Sunderland Foundation’s tremendous gift, we now can chart a path forward for another 50 years of community support and more cutting-edge research outcomes,” said Mia Tuan, dean of the ���ߺ���.

, executive director of the UW Center for Educational Leadership, discusses topics including professional development for principals, teaching effectiveness, state licensure systems, career ladders and leader effectiveness in a Q&A.

Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development Emma Elliot-Groves was recently interviewed and cited for an article about Indigenous suicide by the Toronto Star. When suicidal behavior among members of the Cowichan Tribes in British Columbia increased more than 2.5 times between 2007 and 2012, Emma, who is originally from the community, was invited to find out why. By taking a narrative storytelling approach to working with community, rather than using the typical western concepts of individualism and autonomy, she was able to conduct mental health assessments “in a way that highlighted Indigenous concepts of self, and engaged Indigenous teaching and learning strategies.”

The UW ���ߺ���’s hosted its first Education Design Lab for Seattle area teachers in July 2015. During the workshop, teachers co-designed, tested and refined learning experiences that use technology in a purposeful way.

Professor Ann Ishimaru endeavors to share how social, cultural, and racial dynamics influence interactions with children and families in and out of the classroom.

Professor comments on teacher education provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act and the importance of maintaining high standards for all programs preparing new teachers.

Hands-on, forward-thinking learning experiences help propel UW ���ߺ��� to the top of the U.S. ���ߺ��� & World Report rankings of the nation's best education schools.