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Carrie Tzou, an associate professor in the University of Washington Bothell School of Educational Studies, is the new director of the university’s Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal, which works to strengthen learning that safeguards democracy.

The Center on Reinventing Public Education, which is affiliated with the University of Washington Bothell, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by thinking about core beliefs and lessons learned, Director Robin Lake writes in The 74 Million. 

Marking its 10th anniversary at UW Bothell, the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal is changing directors but not direction. As founding director Tom Bellamy moves to emeritus status, incoming director Carrie Tzou  continues to turn research into classroom innovations.

A book co-edited by University of Washington Bothell Professor Wayne Au, “Teaching for Black Lives,” is being used throughout Seattle public schools thanks to support from former Seahawk Michael Bennett and rapper-songwriter Macklemore.

As Upward Bound director in Yakima, Washington, Catalina Alvarez-Villanueva helps low-income and first-generation families prepare for college. The Yakima Valley native knows the journey well, having gone to the University of Washington Bothell and back home.