Spring 2023
The equity in equality
Rolita Flores Ezeonu seeks justice and equity in higher education. » More ...
Education, Academic
Spring 2023
Johanna Brown
Teaching science is helping students never lose the creativity and wonder to ask ‘why?’ » More ...
Spring 2022
Pathways for a new education
Washington's superintendent of public instruction imagines the high school of the future » More ...
Fall 2020
He got the call
Barry Warren achieved his dream to be a principal througha WSU Indigenous teachers and school administrators program. » More ...
Spring 2020
How to encourage a girl: Improving diversity in STEM
“Your daughter is obviously good at math,” the teacher says to the girl’s parents at a fourth-grade parent-teacher meeting.
The parents have noticed this, too, and suggest to the fourth grader that she study physics, astronomy, maybe engineering or another math-intensive field. As she gets older, she remains interested in all those things, but she’s also picking up messages that are telling her something quite different.
She and her family are avid Big Bang Theory fans. They’ve watched every episode. So even as her parents and teachers are saying, “You’re good at this!” and “Follow your passion!” she’s seeing portrayals of men in gendered professions, … » More …
Fall 2019
What’s missing in video gaming
Video games and gaming technology offer good, bad, and ugly aspects: potential for innovative education, but often racist and misogynistic stereotypes in some games. Washington State University faculty research all those dimensions. » More ...
Summer 2019
A point of reference
The Washington State University environmental research station at Meyer's Point on Puget Sound lends insight into the local ecology, history, archaeology, and shellfish farming, while providing environmental education opportunities. » More ...
Spring 2019
No holds barred education
Education programs in prisons and other correctional institutions can make the difference for people leaving after serving their time, like Washington State University doctoral student Noel Vest. Classes in prisons, some taught by WSU professors and alumni, reduce recidivism and increase cultural awareness. » More ...
Fall 2018
Influence
Abraham Lincoln, when nominated for president in 1860, apologized for his lack of formal education. No apology was necessary from the articulate orator and voracious reader whose desire to learn and improve himself continued into his adulthood. Even without school, Lincoln had teachers, people who influenced his education. He moved to New Salem, Illinois, in his early 20s and studied grammar and debate under the tutelage of his mentor, remarkably named Mentor Graham, who wrote about Lincoln: “No one ever surpassed him in rapidly, quickly and well acquiring the rudiments and rules of English grammar.”
Gladys Cooper Jennings ’48 similarly served as a mentor … » More …
Fall 2018
Returns on education
Damien Pattenaude returned to Renton School District as a teacher, principal, and now superintendent—with an aim to improve the teacher diversity in Washington state. » More ...