Koza’s ‘Destined to Fail’ is winner of Outstanding Book Award from AERA’s Curriculum Studies division

April 22, 2022

Julia Eklund Koza’s book, “ ‘Destined to Fail:’ Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music,” has been selected as the winner of the Outstanding Book Award for 2021 by the Curriculum Studies division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Koza is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and with the Mead Witter School of Music.

School of Education recognizes 2022 faculty and staff award winners

April 18, 2022

The UW–Madison School of Education recognized some of its most outstanding individuals with Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards during a reception and short ceremony on Thursday, April 14. This year’s event also included recognition of the inaugural recipients of the School of Education’s Impact 2030 Staff Innovation Awards.

UW–Madison’s Apple provides insight into Wisconsin political battles over schools

April 5, 2022

Up North News utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Michael Apple, a professor emeritus in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, for a recent article that is titled, “Wisconsin GOP’s War on Public Schools Enters Primetime with Tuesday’s School Board Elections.” The article highlights how school board elections, “once sleepy, nonpartisan affairs,” have become somewhat of a referendum on the role of public schools.

UW–Madison School of Education again in top 5 of U.S. News rankings

March 29, 2022

UW–Madison is home to the fifth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the ninth straight year it has been rated among the top five. UW–Madison’s School of Education is also the only one in the nation to have a top-10 ranking in all nine education specialty areas — including the No. 1 Educational Psychology program.

UW–Madison hosting Midwest Filipino American Summit April 2

March 28, 2022

The UW-Madison Filipinx American Student Organization (FASO) is playing a leading role in hosting the first post-pandemic Midwest Filipino American Summit (MFAS), which is being held on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend. FASO’s eight executive board members are doing most of the planning for this year’s event — and three of these leaders are current undergraduate students with the School of Education.

Hess to speak on ‘finding common ground’ in civics education

March 21, 2022

UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess will serve as a panelist at the “Finding Common Ground for Civic Education in Turbulent Times” mini-conference on March 24, hosted by the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College at Columbia University.