October 12, 2020
The Capital Times newspaper recently published a Q&A with UW–Madison’s Maxine McKinney de Royston, who shared her perspective on virtual learning. McKinney de Royston is an assistant professor with the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
October 8, 2020
Tarryn Lael Simmons, who is pursuing a doctorate from UW–Madison’s School of Education, recently received the Advisor of the Year award from Johnson C. Smith University.
October 2, 2020
The Atlantic utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s John Rudolph for an article examining an innovative approach to K-12 science learning that started in a Michigan elementary school.
September 29, 2020
The Discussion Project Virtual is an online training that supports UW–Madison instructors in creating the conditions for equitable, inclusive, and engaging online discussions. It consists of five, two-hour synchronous sessions in Zoom, each preceded by an hour of asynchronous work. To participate in a January 2021 cohort, you must be teaching a spring 2021 course.
September 23, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced the winners of its 2020 awards for excellence in education research earlier this summer, and UW–Madison's Annalee Good and Huiping "Emily" Cheng were recognized with top honors. In addition, UW–Madison alumna Adrienne D. Dixon was recognized by AERA with a Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award.
September 16, 2020
UW–Madison alumna Melissa Schieble will be featured in a book talk hosted by Teachers College, Columbia University, about a new book she co-authored titled, "Classroom Talk for Social Change: Critical Conversations in English Language Arts."
September 11, 2020
The American Philosophical Society Library and Museum recently announced that UW–Madison alumnus D.O. McCullough has received the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship.
September 9, 2020
Researchers and educators at UW–Madison and Southern Methodist University are collaborating on a new project that will utilize augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in an effort to help students improve their mathematical acumen through movement, spatial reasoning, and imaginative thinking. This work, backed by nearly $1.4 million in support over the next four years from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), is called “Exploring Collaborative Embodiment for Learning (EXCEL): Understanding Geometry Through Multiple Modalities.”
September 8, 2020
UW–Madison’s Christopher Kirchgasler is an author of an article published in the August 2020 issue of Comparative Education Review, titled “‘Girl’ in Crisis: Colonial Residues of Domesticity in Transnational School Reforms.”
September 3, 2020
Media outlets around the Madison area, across the state of Wisconsin, and even in different parts of the country have reported on the UW–Madison School of Education’s Teacher Pledge program, which was publicly launched Aug. 18.