June 21, 2022
Three projects led by School of Education faculty and staff are among eight projects and 10 seed projects selected to receive grants from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. These projects show the range of how UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students can collaborate with community members to co-create and share knowledge and solutions that will benefit and enrich the lives of the people of Wisconsin, the nation, and the world.
June 13, 2022
Four faculty from the School of Education are among the 32 extraordinary members of the UW–Madison faculty who have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator, and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).
June 10, 2022
A new undergraduate certificate program from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction will equip students who are interested in teaching abroad to be successful in non-U.S. educational settings.
June 7, 2022
Two alumni of the UW–Madison School of Education — Laura Chávez-Moreno and Ashley Smith-Purviance — have been selected as 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows.
June 3, 2022
Two scholars with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been selected as 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellows. Tyler Hook is a current graduate student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, and Jessica Lee Stovall is an alumna of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Hook is the sixth student studying with the Department of Educational Policy Studies since 2020 to be named an NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. In 2021 Elizabeth Hauck and Rachel Johnson received these awards and in 2020 Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua Xiong were selected.
May 24, 2022
Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education, will become interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs on June 1. That's when Provost John Karl Scholz assumes the interim chancellor position. Hess will return to her dean role when Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin formally assumes her duties on August 4. Hess has announced that Adam Nelson, senior associate dean for academic programs, will serve as interim dean of the School of Education while she serves as interim provost.
May 23, 2022
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty members, including four from the School of Education, were recently awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for 2022-23.
May 17, 2022
An article from Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy spotlights the work of UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson and reports on a recent presentation she delivered at the school focusing on the connection between the arts and learning.
May 11, 2022
On Saturday, May 14, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2022 Commencement. We reached out to a few of the more than 600 students who are graduating from programs in the School of Education to learn about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans.
April 29, 2022
The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2022 Annual Meeting recently wrapped up after being offered both in person in San Diego and virtually. More than 125 faculty, staff, and students from the UW–Madison School of Education presented at the conference, which ran April 21-26.