August 5, 2020
The School of Education's Gloria Ladson-Billings and Maxine McKinney de Royston discussed how the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping education on WORT-FM's program, "A Public Affair."
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Novel from alum Wiemer, ‘The Assignment,’ to be released Aug. 25
August 1, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Liza Wiemer’s upcoming young adult (YA) novel, “The Assignment,” is being published for release on Aug. 25. “The Assignment” follows a group of students as they must grapple with a school assignment that encourages intolerance and discrimination.
Five with ties to School of Education to speak at summit on ‘Public Education and Democracy’
July 23, 2020
Five members of the School of Education community will be featured in the Wisconsin Public Education Network's upcoming summer summit, "Public Education and Democracy," which will take place virtually on Friday, July 24.
UW–Madison announces Smart Restart plan to reopen in fall
June 17, 2020
The University of Wisconsin–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. Additional information will be provided to the campus community as plans are finalized via the “Smart Restart” website: https://www.wisc.edu/smartrestart/
Message from Dean Hess on School’s commitment to racial justice
June 15, 2020
The following message from School of Education Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School on Monday, June 15.
UW-Madison’s Ladson-Billings takes part in Real Talk Virtual Summit on Racial Justice
June 12, 2020
Boys and Girls Club CEO and President Michael Johnson along with Madison365 Publisher and CEO Henry Sanders teamed up to host the Real Talk Virtual Summit on Racial Justice. The summit brought together people of color from Wisconsin to put words into action.
Six from UW–Madison receive prestigious 2020 NAEd/Spencer fellowships and awards
June 11, 2020
PhD candidates Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua P. Xiong were named Dissertation Fellows, while faculty members Jordan A. Conwell and Diego Román were awarded Postdoctoral Fellows, and Kathryn Kirchgasler received a Research Development Award.
Grand Challenges project, ‘What the Moon Saw,’ influential experience for Probst while pursuing master’s degree
May 22, 2020
Caleb Probst worked on this project during both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years, and says the experience was influential in defining his first year of graduate school. Probst, who is finishing up his master’s degree this summer, will begin pursuing a PhD with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the fall. He currently has a strong interest in the power of children’s informal learning opportunities.
Washington Post notes work of UW-Madison’s Rudolph in explaining ‘the scientific method’
May 20, 2020
John Rudolph chairs the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction and is an expert on the history of science education in American schools. He is the author of the award-winning 2019 book, “How We Teach Science: What’s Changed, and Why It Matters.”
Popkewitz releases latest book, ‘The Impracticality of Practical Research’
May 7, 2020
UW-Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz released his latest book, “The Impracticality of Practical Research: A History of Contemporary Sciences of Change that Conserve,” a work that examines the politics of practical knowledge and the paradox of exclusion in contemporary social and physical sciences.