education

November 26, 2023

A culture of learning

A new cohort of Indigenous students in the College of Education is ushering in an early-learning program that puts language and culture first.


February 25, 2023

Helping youth in crisis

Schools are on the front lines of the mental health crisis. They need trained social workers and the resources to help kids who are suffering.


November 26, 2022

Dorothy Hollingsworth, 1920-2022

“She was a maverick, and she placed the most vulnerable and marginalized populations—primarily women and children—at the center of her work.”


September 3, 2022

Equity in education

For the past 2½ years, nothing was turned more upside down by the pandemic than education.


December 4, 2021

Red footed booby, a brown bird with a blue face and bright red webbed feet, carrying greens in its beak

Closing the distance

For a teacher in a time of COVID-19, the challenge is to bring the world to students.


Maynard Okereke wearing a white coat and glasses, smiling, holding a small globe.

Opening up a new world

Maynard Okereke, ’06, makes STEM topics more relatable to kids of color.


March 9, 2021

Standing tall

He went from the UW to professional basketball and back. But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.


March 11, 2019

Down to the core

While the UW may look robust, long-standing cuts in state funding are eroding the school’s ability to maintain buildings, raise salaries and retain faculty.


March 1, 2019

The identity solution

PilotED, an elementary school in Indianapolis, believes identity and civic engagement could transform the educational landscape, especially for students of color.


December 7, 2018

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Thanks, Professor Banks

‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ is retiring after 50 years.


June 15, 2017

A champion for higher ed

Rep. Helen Sommers protected funding and expanded opportunities.


April 5, 2017

kelsey plum

Huskies in the headlines

A roundup of alumni in the news (3/30-4/05).


March 24, 2017

A legacy of access

Celebrating 50 years of the 1967 Community College Act.


February 28, 2017

Higher education in Haiti

Jean-Elie Gilles, ‘98, ‘02, built a new university in Haiti.


January 30, 2017

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An elementary effort

Thanks to teachers like Kert Lin, ’07, ’11, Lakeridge Elementary is a 2016 state School of Distinction.


June 1, 2016

A career making miracles in the classroom

“It’s been a dream career impacting so many people’s lives.” Jill Wakefield, ‘83, retires after 40 years with Seattle Colleges.


Best of the best

They play racquetball. Were college DJs. Starred in Alice in Wonderland. Love to paraglide, run, cook, write and travel. Here’s your chance to meet our teachers of the year.


Editor's Eye: Quandary

When quitting school was the easiest path, it wasn't the right one.


June 1, 2015

Top teachers

They walk into a classroom that is filled with a sea of anxious faces. Expectations run high. They take a deep breath and off they go—the process of molding students into scholars is what teachers do everyday. With the greatest of ease? Hardly. Only some have the chops to rise above the rest. Introducing this year’s best of the best.


December 1, 2014

Curriculum inventor

As Carrie Tzou wondered how biology—her major—could be more engaging, she decided to see how she could design ways to improve teaching. Today, it is her career focus.