This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 40 in the Education category. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByCategoryName&categoryName=Education&numToShow=40 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:44:17 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when using a pen than a keyboard to compose essays, according to new research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51999 Education Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51999 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:20:53 GMT Reporters and photographers are invited to attend the UW's Brain Awareness Week open house on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47905 Community Education Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47905 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:31 GMT The University of Washington's DO-IT Scholars program is now accepting applications from Washington state high school sophomores and juniors with disabilities who are interested in preparing for college and challenging careers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45767 Community Education Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45767 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:35:45 GMT More than 600 members of Engineers Without Borders-USA will gather for an annual conference Thursday through Sunday on the University of Washington's Seattle campus. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40607 Community Environment Health and Medicine Education Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40607 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:11:10 GMT A new grant funds doctoral students to work with Washington state tribes developing local sources of plant-based fuels. Possibilities range from forestry debris to paper-mill residue to waste associated with the state's wheat and apple crops. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39301 Education Environment Community Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39301 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:24:00 GMT Focus the Nation, a national teach-in next week on global warming solutions for America, involves the University of Washington and more than 1,500 other institutions across the nation - mainly colleges and universities. UW events Jan. 31 include a day-long program and a community/campus town hall meeting, for which more than 450 persons have already signed up http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39296 Environment Education Campus Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39296 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:21:15 GMT The UW's electrical engineering department hosts the first Halloween design challenge, in which students use their technical skills to create spooky decorations. Judging will take place Friday afternoon. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37557 Campus Education Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37557 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:19:36 GMT The annual statewide hunt for Washington's most talented fifth-through eighth-grade students is on again by the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37470 Education Community Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37470 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:31:22 GMT A pilot course at the UW forms the basis for a national program that shows students how to program using tens, hundreds or thousands of computers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37099 Education Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37099 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:17:24 GMT Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers. However, a three-week instructional program can normalize those connections. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36405 Education Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36405 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:03:03 GMT More than 50 Washington students arrive today for the DO-IT Scholars Summer Study program. The 10-day camp is part of an award-winning program encouraging disabled high-school students to pursue careers in technology, science and engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35231 Education Technology Community Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) and Scott Bellman (swb3@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35231 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:23:01 GMT The newly established Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington will develop tools for distance learning. These tools let students anywhere watch lectures, participate in discussions, and even write on a virtual classroom blackboard. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35163 Education Technology Science Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35163 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:01:00 GMT The 2007 Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing, a nine-week academy teaching talented students the fundamentals of computer science, starts next week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34207 Campus Technology Education Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34207 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:19:26 GMT Two teams of UW undergrads took home the Outstanding Winner title in this year's international math modeling marathon. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32716 Campus Education Science Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32716 Thu, 03 May 2007 16:27:09 GMT "Inside the Undergraduate Experience" is the result of the first longitudinal assessment of learning among a large group of American college students. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32392 Education Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32392 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:45:26 GMT More than 150 scholars, community leaders and activists will participate in the 2007 Pacific Northwest Regional Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies next Thursday and Friday (March 22 and 23) on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31332 Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31332 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:24:13 GMT Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don't fit the stereotype of unhappy 'nerds.' University of Washington research paints a totally different and positive picture of these gifted students. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31113 Social Science Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31113 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:37:31 GMT The DO-IT Scholars is now accepting applications from Washington State high school sophomores and juniors who have disabilities for a college-preparation and mentoring program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28371 Education Community Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28371 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:00:00 GMT It's that time of year again when the UW's Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars looks for Washington's smartest young students. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27577 Community Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27577 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:00:00 GMT Tracy Harachi is spearheading an effort to bring the field and practice of social work to Cambodian where there currently is no program at the college level to train students to become social workers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26488 Social Science Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26488 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMT The UW is among the nation's leaders in producing several categories of minority baccalaureates, notably those of Asian American students, acccording the journal Diverse Issues in Higher Education. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25439 Education Peter Kelley (kellep@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25439 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:00:00 GMT Eight grants worth nearly $15 million give the University of Washington No. 1 ranking for foreign-study areas. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25413 Education Peter Lewis (pblewis@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25413 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:00:00 GMT More than 50 college-bound high school students with disabilities will gather on the University of Washington campus next month to participate in an annual summer study program designed to give them a technological edge in achieving college and career success. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25310 Education Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25310 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:00:00 GMT The short, intriguing history of the Black Panthers in Seattle will come to life again when the Black Panther History and Memory Project Web site is unveiled Saturday at a public event at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24336 Community Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24336 Tue, 16 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT When it comes to talking about suicide, Americans avoid the topic much the same way they skirted discussions about sex 20 years ago. But the president of the American Association of Suicidology says the time is long overdue for people to start talking about the problem and to launch suicide awareness and prevention programs in the nation's schools. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24042 Health and Medicine Education Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24042 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:00:00 GMT Nearly 700 fifth through eighth graders from around the state have been honored for outstanding verbal and/or mathematical abilities by the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23506 Community Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23506 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:00:00 GMT Several nationally-known experts on how media can affect the health of young people and how media literacy can minimize these effects, will speak at a two-day conference at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23075 Education Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23075 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:00:00 GMT Before and after brain images of individual children with dyslexia show that the human brain can change and normalize in response to spelling instruction. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22402 Education Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22402 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:00:00 GMT A new study indicates that schools adopting programs that target antisocial behavior are also likely to improve their students' academic performance. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13735 Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13735 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT America's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation's traditional public schools, according to a comprehensive new study of the growing charter movement. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13490 Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13490 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:20:00 GMT UW professors can add perspective for stories on the scientific basis of evolution theory and the religious, educational and legal controversies in the news. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12348 Education Science Law and Policy Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12348 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:46:00 GMT A language is a terrible thing to lose, and that's why nearly two dozen community members of Northwest Indian tribes and nations will spend the next week learning way to breathe new life into endangered indigenous languages http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11943 Social Science Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11943 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT More than 2,700 students from small rural schools in the Yakima and Skagit valleys, as well as the community of Goldendale, will get help preparing for college through a $2.2 million-a-year federal grant received today by the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11766 Campus Education Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11766 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT The nation's main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission, according to a UW study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11695 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11695 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:00:00 GMT More than 1,100 fifth through eighth graders from across Washington will be honored Saturday on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington for their oustanding verbal and/or mathematical talents. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10006 Community Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10006 Tue, 03 May 2005 07:00:00 GMT Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9331 Health and Medicine Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9331 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT The common perception that most American teenagers go to school, engage in extracurricular activities such as sports and hang out with their friends is missing one crucial and time-consuming element -- work. More than half of high school seniors surveyed by UW sociologists said they were working in the spring of their final year of school. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8439 Social Science Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8439 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:00:00 GMT Big city school districts will have a hard time reforming and meeting new accountability demands without more help from businesses, nonprofits and philanthropists, according to a new book from the Brookings Institution http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5863 Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5863 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT Despite concerns that passage of a charter schools measure could lead to a drain on public coffers, a new study predicts that the cost to taxpayers would be modest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5827 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5827 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT Once again the University of Washington is looking for the best and brightest fifth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state as part of its Washington Search for Young Scholars program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5807 Social Science Education Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5807 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.4 million by the National Science Foundation to establish a center to investigate how humans learn and to create environments that will help prepare people of all ages for future learning. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5687 Education Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5687 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:00:00 GMT Reforming how dollars get allocated to schools can help steer resources to the students who need it, according to a study that looked at Houston and Cincinnati. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5037 Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5037 Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows. As recently as 1980, the more years of graduate school a woman had completed, the less likely she was to be married later in life. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3877 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3877 Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:00:00 GMT Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3546 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3546 Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:00:00 GMT An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation's education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2191 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2191 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:00:00 GMT Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation's 100 largest districts. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2154 Education Social Science Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2154 Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:00:00 GMT School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2128 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2128 Tue, 27 May 2003 07:00:00 GMT Getting quality principals into troubled schools has become an educational rallying cry so intense that New York City is making headlines with its efforts to place leaders in failing schools. A new study agrees that distribution of principals is a real problem, but also clarifies that nationwide there is no shortage in the supply of principals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2095 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2095 Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:00:00 GMT The pupils of Tukwila Elementary School hail from 21 nations, and soon they will get to romp and dance atop every continent in the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2370 Law and Policy Community Education Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2370 Mon, 14 May 2001 07:00:00 GMT A UW senior will use a $5,000 travel fellowship to live in an Inuit village on a Greenland glacier. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27706 Campus Science Education Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27706 Fri, 08 May 1998 07:00:00 GMT