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The Seattle Times
Gerrit Kischner (MEd '97), principal of Genesee Hill Elementary School in Seattle, is among the speakers at the Ignite Education Lab storytelling event on Feb. 12.
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Phi Delta Kappan
Professor Meredith Honig discusses how district central office staff can play critical roles in improving schools and ensuring student success.
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Seattle Times
The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ will start an all-online degree program in early-childhood education this fall. Katherine Long reports.
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UW Graduate School
Saejin Kwak Tanguay, a PhD candidate in multicultural education, discusses her work to foster supportive peer environments for diverse student populations.
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KUOW
KUOW's The Conversation talks with Nancy Hertzog, director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars, about the latest research on IQ testing.
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UW ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ
The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ is one of several units across the UW involved in the new center, which will elevate existing research and community outreach activities.
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Education Week
Should schools spend precious instructional time teaching handwriting? Should students learn cursive at all, or is it an outdated skill—and here's the Hancock link—how will they sign their names if they don't know cursive? The author talks with Virginia Berninger.
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The Seattle Times
A pilot program led by UW ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Professor Joe Lott is finding ways to better support black and brown male students in their academic, social and professional endeavors.
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Indian Country Today Media Network
Dana Arviso (Diné) beat out a national field of candidates for the executive director position at Potlatch Fund, a grant-making and leadership development organization serving Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
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The Seattle Times
Professor Philip Bell comments on a new science curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, which aims to foster "kids becoming knowers and doers," rather than focusing on memorization.