September 10, 2021
How do you teach about 9/11 to children who weren’t even born when the attacks happened? In an article they wrote for The Conversation — titled “What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror” — UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess propose a different approach to teaching about the events of that day.
September 8, 2021
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, Sept. 2. While enjoying a full tailgate lunch, and picking up T-shirts tagged with the phrase “Lead and Inspire,” attendees took a break from their workdays to catch up with colleagues and kick off the new school year.
September 3, 2021
UW–Madison’s Elizabeth Fennema, a professor emerita in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
September 2, 2021
We spoke to some of our students, faculty, and staff to learn how the pandemic impacted them, what they learned from it, and what they are looking forward to this semester. Following are their stories.
September 1, 2021
The New York Times published a guest essay by UW–Madison alumna Eleni Schirmer that is titled, “We’re Burying Our Kids in Debt (Just Not the Way You Think).” Schirmer earned her PhD in 2021 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
August 25, 2021
UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The School will again introduce new faculty members during the event, with three talented scholars joining us for the start of the fall semester.
August 25, 2021
Paul Fanlund of the Capital Times utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, for a recent op-ed he penned that is headlined, “Racist bogeyman and the ‘limits of liberalism.’”
July 30, 2021
The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) invites applications for a new undergraduate research fellowship program. The deadline is Aug. 15 to apply for this fellowship opportunity for traditionally underrepresented students.