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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Michael S. Knapp served as co-guest editor for a special edition of Theory into Practice, a peer-reviewed journal hosted by The Ohio State University. Entitled?Accomplished Teaching as a Professional Resource?, the issue highlights National Board Certified Teachers as a resource for improving student learning and achievement. Mike co-edited with Mary E. Dilworth, vice president of Higher Education and Research from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. National Board Certification is discussed throughout the journal as a mechanism for assessing teacher quality and teacher effectiveness, as well as the role of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in influencing teacher preparedness and educational reform.
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KIRO Seattle
Thomas Halverson, director of the UW program, discusses his recent opinion column arguing for high schools to provide students with a greater variety pathways to postsecondary and career options.
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Urban Institute
Imagine a high school that spends $328 per student for math courses and $1,348 per cheerleader for cheerleading activities. Or a school where the average per-student cost of offering ceramics was $1,608; cosmetology, $1,997; and such core subjects as science, $739.
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UCEA Review
The design and theory of action behind the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ's , winner of the UCEA's 2019 Exemplary Educational Leadership Preparation Award, is discussed.
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Christian Science Monitor
is quoted in Christian Science Monitor. If [top administrators] say you have to fire all your librarians, but you happen to have this really great librarian who's doing more for reading instruction than anyone else ... it's not really useful, says Marguerite Roza, a senior scholar at the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ's . The flexibility allows the school to ... maybe even do things better.
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The Seattle Times
UW ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ doctoral candidate Elba Moise comments on the importance of students having space to show their real selves in during online classes.
Noah Zeichner was given the World Educator award by the World Affairs Council. Zeichner teaches a Global Leadership class in which students study contemporary global problems, then develop lessons for fourth-graders at a nearby elementary school. He also co-founded a local ideas festival called World Water Week, and is a Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow in a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and a lead teacher for the Global Visionaries program.
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Seattle Foundation
The n's EEU lab school has received a grant from the Seattle Foundation to support its provision of emergency childcare to frontline medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Washington Principal
Chris Pearson, a student, and Keisha Scarlett, a alumnus, are featured as the state of Washington's 2014 Elementary School Principal of the Year and Middle-level Principal of the Year respectively.
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The Hill
Assistant Professor, David Knight, provides an opinion editorial to The Hill about making education funding a priority.