November 12, 2021
Erica Halverson’s new book, “How the Arts Can Save Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction,” is receiving significant media coverage. Halverson is a professor and chair in the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her book, which was released on Oct. 22, provides a blueprint for utilizing the arts — performing, visual, and multimedia — to rethink what good learning, teaching, and curriculum can be.
November 10, 2021
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies that is titled, “Teaching the U.S. 2018 midterm elections: a survey of secondary social studies teachers.”
November 2, 2021
UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is participating in an international seminar, "Climate Change Education: Reflecting on COP26," on Monday, Nov. 8.
October 25, 2021
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the author of a new book that is titled, “Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a Different Question.”
October 21, 2021
UW–Madison's Julia Eklund Koza is the author of a newly released book titled, “ 'Destined to Fail:' Carl Seashore's World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music.”
October 21, 2021
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, gave the opening keynote address on Sep. 27 at a conference honoring the centenary of the birth of the great critical educator Paulo Freire at Pontifical Catholic University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
October 18, 2021
Erica Halverson's experiences over two decades as a teaching artist and researcher has led her to advocate for utilizing the arts in a way to fundamentally rethink what good learning, teaching, and curriculum can be. She provides a blueprint for such efforts in her new book.
October 7, 2021
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was featured recently on WORT-FM’s “The 8 O'Clock Buzz” morning show to discuss her perspective on critical race theory, and how it's often misrepresented.
September 30, 2021
UW–Madison's Li-Ching Ho, a professor in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is a co-author of a new book that is titled, “Curriculum for Justice and Harmony: Deliberation, Knowledge, and Action in Social and Civic Education.” A book launch for “Curriculum for Justice and Harmony” will be held at the Pyle Center at UW–Madison on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
September 28, 2021
Madison College students preparing to become elementary or special education teachers will have a direct pipeline to the UW–Madison School of Education thanks to a new transfer agreement that guarantees admission into these teacher preparation programs for students who meet the requirements.