August 31, 2022
UW–Madison alumna Ann Dallman published the second book in her award-winning middle-grade series — the Cady Whirlwind Thunder Mysteries — in June. Dallman earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism education from the School of Education in 1970.
August 24, 2022
This fall, there are 13 new faculty hires joining us for the start of the fall semester.
August 22, 2022
WISC-TV/News 3’s Kathryn Merck spoke with UW–Madison’s Kimber Wilkerson, associate dean for teacher education in the School of Educationo, about the looming teacher shortage that is affecting schools across the country, and how UW–Madison is helping to combat this issue through the School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge Program.
August 17, 2022
School of Education alumna Erika Dickerson-Despenza is a recipient of a 2022 Forward Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation. An award-winning poet and playwright, Dickerson-Despenza says she writes with the Black, Queer, feminist lens, calling attention to how communities can organize to liberate Black women and girls around the globe.
August 16, 2022
The first episode, on Aug. 29, features a conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez, and their elementary school arts teacher. Coming soon are Faisal Abdu'Allah, Josh Radnor, Annaleigh Ashford, and other top artists in conversation with the mentors who shaped them.
August 15, 2022
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics.
August 12, 2022
Starting with the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, schools across Wisconsin will be required to provide education on the Holocaust and other genocides under a bipartisan bill signed into law this past spring. In an effort to give educators the tools they need to discuss these topics with students, the UW–Madison School of Education on Aug. 18 is hosting an on-campus workshop titled Teaching about the Holocaust.
August 12, 2022
WBAY-TV / Ch. 2 in Green Bay utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Michael Apple for a report examining recent efforts to ban certain books from school libraries, or restrict access to them for younger students. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education.
August 4, 2022
The students had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The young scholars, who came to Madison from around the country and beyond, delivered short presentations and spoke with those who attended the event about their findings.
August 1, 2022
UW–Madison alumna Nancy Lesko, who earned her master's and PhD from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been named the interim executive editor of the Teachers College (TC) Record, effective July 1.